Functionally homologous representation of vocalizations in the auditory cortex of humans and macaques

– Macaques and humans show voice-selective anterior temporal voice areas (aTVA)
– Similar representation of sounds are present in primary auditory cortex of both species
– Representational similarity analysis (RSA) reveals that aTVAs categorize conspecific vocalizations apart from other sounds
– There is a functional homology in the high-level auditory cortex of humans and macaques

Bodin, Trapeau, et al. (2021) Current Biology

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