Rauschecker J P
Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007-2197, USA.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1998 Aug;8(4):516-21. doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(98)80040-8.
Work on the functional organization of auditory cortex in nonhuman primates has recently gained increasing attention. Neurophysiological studies using complex stimuli, combined with anatomical tract tracing, reveal a hierarchy of cortical processing comparable to other sensory systems. On the basis of these findings from animal studies, together with the advent of modern neuroimaging methods used in human cortex, the field of auditory neuroscience could soon arrive at a detailed understanding of the cortical representation of complex sounds, including speech.
对非人类灵长类动物听觉皮层功能组织的研究最近越来越受到关注。使用复杂刺激的神经生理学研究，结合解剖学示踪技术，揭示了与其他感觉系统相当的皮层处理层次结构。基于这些动物研究的发现，再加上人类皮层中现代神经成像方法的出现，听觉神经科学领域可能很快就能详细了解包括语音在内的复杂声音的皮层表征。
