Identifying what a sound is involves the prefrontal areas of the brain while localizing sound in the environment uses the posterior parietal cortex.
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Research has shown that specialized streams exist in humans for processing sound identity and sound location. A study published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America in 2001 by Alain et.al. to identify the content (“what”) and the location (“where”) of sounds in the environment using functional magnetic resonance imaging and event-related brain potentials observed enhanced blood flow in parietal areas during sound localization while tasks requiring individuals identify auditory stimuli show enhanced activation in the prefrontal cortex.
[Reference: Alain C, Arnott SR, Hevenor S, Graham S, Grady CL (2001) "What" and "where" in the human auditory system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98:12301– 12306. doi:10.1073/pnas.211209098 pmid:11572938 accessed 28/7/2018]
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