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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Response to Skeide and Friederici: The myth of the uniquely human “direct” dorsal pathway
Ina Bornkessel-schlesewskySteven L. SmallJosef P. RauscheckerMatthias Schlesewskysubject
Temporal cortexDorsumPrimatesCognitive NeuroscienceFunctional connectivityletterBrainExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyNonhuman primateArticleNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyFunctional importanceAuditory PerceptionAnimalsHumansPsychologyNeuroscienceTemporal CorticesBrodmann areaLanguagedescription
In their comment on our recent article [1], Skeide and Friederici [2] claim ‘that some important data not discussed by Bornkessel-Schlesewsky et al. strongly support the view that there are clear qualitative, and not merely quantitative, differences between [human and nonhuman primate] species with respect to both the intrinsic functional connectivity of frontal and temporal cortices, and their direct structural connection via a dorsal white matter fiber tract.’ This obviously refers to work by Friederici and colleagues [3] emphasizing the functional importance of a direct connection between the posterior superior temporal cortex (pSTC) and Brodmann area (BA) 44 in humans, and its absence in monkeys.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-01 |