Distinct Portions of Superior Temporal Sulcus Combine Auditory Representations with Different Visual Streams
Gabriel Fajardo1,2, Mengting Fang3, Stefano Anzellotti4
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467.
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In humans, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) combines auditory and visual information. However, the extent to which it relies on visual information from the ventral or dorsal stream remains uncertain. To address this, we analyzed open-source functional magnetic resonance imaging data collected from 15 participants (6 females and 9 males) as they watched a movie. We used artificial neural networks to investigate the relationship between multivariate response patterns in auditory cortex, the two visual streams, and the rest of the brain, finding that distinct portions of the STS combine information from the two visual streams with auditory information.
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