Topographic Mapping of a Hierarchy of Temporal Receptive Windows Using a Narrated Story

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 31; no. 8; pp. 2906 - 2915
• Main Authors: Lerner, Yulia, Honey, Christopher J., Silbert, Lauren J., Hasson, Uri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 23.02.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Auditory Perception - physiology; Cerebral Cortex - anatomy & histology; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Humans; Reaction Time - physiology; Speech Perception - physiology; Time Perception - physiology; Verbal Behavior - physiology; Young Adult

Real-life activities, such as watching a movie or engaging in conversation, unfold over many minutes. In the course of such activities, the brain has to integrate information over multiple time scales. We recently proposed that the brain uses similar strategies for integrating information across spa...