Auditory figure-ground analysis in rostral belt and parabelt of the macaque monkey

Schneider, F., Dheerendra, P. , Balezeau, F., Ortiz-Rios, M., Kikuchi, Y., Petkov, C. I., Thiele, A. and Griffiths, T. D. (2018) Auditory figure-ground analysis in rostral belt and parabelt of the macaque monkey. Scientific Reports, 8, 17948. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36903-1) (PMID:30560879) (PMCID:PMC6298974)

Abstract

Segregating the key features of the natural world within crowded visual or sound scenes is a critical aspect of everyday perception. The neurobiological bases for auditory figure-ground segregation are poorly understood. We demonstrate that macaques perceive an acoustic figure-ground stimulus with comparable performance to humans using a neural system that involves high-level auditory cortex, localised to the rostral belt and parabelt.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: Tis research was funded by a Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellowship awarded to T.D.G. (WT106964MA), Wellcome Investigator Award (C.I.P., Y.K.; WT092606AIA), Wellcome Trust PhD studentship to P.D. (WT102561/Z/13/Z) and Wellcome Trust Programme grant to A.T. (WT093104).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Dheerendra, Dr Pradeep
• Authors: Schneider, F., Dheerendra, P., Balezeau, F., Ortiz-Rios, M., Kikuchi, Y., Petkov, C. I., Thiele, A., and Griffiths, T. D.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
• Journal Name: Scientific Reports
• Publisher: Nature Research
• ISSN: 2045-2322
• ISSN (Online): 2045-2322
• Published Online: 18 December 2018
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © The Author(s) 2018
• First Published: First published in Scientific Reports 8: 17948
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License