7 Aug
2014
7 Aug
'14
5:01 a.m.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Charles Z Henry <czhenry(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Charles Z Henry
<czhenry(a)gmail.com> wrote:
P.S. There is also the matter of the auditory chiasm
which provides
some sub-cortical processing in the auditory mid-brain. Information
from each ear is in fact transmitted to both hemispheres, but it is
unclear how much information is sent ipsi-laterally and
contra-laterally and whether some lateralized processing occurs before
the hemispheres receive the information. The main structures involved
in spatial localization are the olivary complex located in the pons
and the superior colliculus which analyzes differences in time of
arrival between the two ears.
| sed 's/superior colliculus/inferior colliculus/'
The superior colliculus is primarily implicated in visual processing
and has more to do with programming eye movements and attending to
visual objects. Of course, the fact that they are right next to one
another probably means some information is shared between the two.