Assessing interactions among neuronal systems using functional neuroimaging
Neural Networks - Special issue on the global brain: imaging and modelling
Clustering Algorithms
SPSS 14.0 Statistical Procedures Companion
SPSS 14.0 Statistical Procedures Companion
Responses of anterior superior temporal polysensory (stpa) neurons to “biological motion” stimuli
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Visual affect recognition
Fusiform gyrus face selectivity relates to individual differences in facial recognition ability
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Selective cortical mapping of biological motion processing in young infants
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Where the mass counts: Common cortical activation for different kinds of nonsingularity
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
The superior temporal sulcus differentiates communicative and noncommunicative auditory signals
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Diminished whole-brain but enhanced peri-sylvian connectivity in absolute pitch musicians
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
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The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is the chameleon of the human brain. Several research areas claim the STS as the host brain region for their particular behavior of interest. Some see it as one of the core structures for theory of mind. For others, it is the main region for audiovisual integration. It plays an important role in biological motion perception, but is also claimed to be essential for speech processing and processing of faces. We review the foci of activations in the STS from multiple functional magnetic resonance imaging studies, focusing on theory of mind, audiovisual integration, motion processing, speech processing, and face processing. The results indicate a differentiation of the STS region in an anterior portion, mainly involved in speech processing, and a posterior portion recruited by cognitive demands of all these different research areas. The latter finding argues against a strict functional subdivision of the STS. In line with anatomical evidence from tracer studies, we propose that the function of the STS varies depending on the nature of network coactivations with different regions in the frontal cortex and medial-temporal lobe. This view is more in keeping with the notion that the same brain region can support different cognitive operations depending on task-dependent network connections, emphasizing the role of network connectivity analysis in neuroimaging.