Language and music week 3

Question 1

What is the function for the dorsal and ventral stream for audition (hearing and language)?

Answer 1

Ventral pathway:
* decodes spectrally complex sounds including the
meaning of speech sounds
* auditory object recognition

Dorsal auditory stream:
* integrates auditory and somatosensory information
to control speech production
* audition for action

Question 2

What hemisphere is music and language usually in>

Answer 2

Music - Right hemisphere
Language - Left hemisphere

Question 3

At what speed is human speech and also the rate of nonhuman sound ?

Answer 3

Human speech - normal speed is 8-10 segments per second

Nonhuman sound and nonmusical noise - 5 segments per second and perceived as a buzz