Definitions
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- adjective Having the quality of being spatially organized by tone or frequency
- adjective Occupying a space dependent on frequency
- adjective Having an orientation dependent on a frequency
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Examples
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We found that local populations in A1 were highly heterogeneous in the large-scale tonotopic organization.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Gideon Rothschild 2010
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Overall, the results suggest that tonotopic mismatch may affect performance of CI users in complex listening environments.
COMD News Callier Library 2010
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Most previous fMRI studies of tonotopic organization have not examined the effect of sound intensity on frequency maps.
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In contrast, fMRI studies of the tonotopic organization of human auditory cortex have typically imaged subjects in a single experimental session on activations in auditory cortex, the influence of these variables on tonotopic and non-tonotopic ACFs is not yet fully understood.
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Studies of tonotopic organization have revealed that the anatomical locations of frequency-specific regions have a coarse but consistent relationship to local anatomical landmarks in individual subjects
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Figure 14 shows a schematic model of these fields superimposed on the grand mean tonotopic maps from the current study using a model similar to models of macaque auditory cortex A schematic model of human auditory cortical fields.
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They found evidence for two mirror-symmetric tonotopic maps encompassing the aforementioned three frequency-specific regions - the first connected a high-frequency region in HS with a low-frequency region in mid-HG and the second connected the same low-frequency region with a high-frequency region near the junction of HG and the superior temporal gyrus (STG).
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Although most whole-brain studies have suggested that the two hemispheres differ in tonotopic organization, the results are inconsistent.
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Traditionally, Cochlear Implants were designed to stimulate the middle ear Cochlear that is tonotopic.
Planet Malaysia 2009
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While previous studies that have variously failed to find tonotopic organization in the right
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Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (New York: Penguin Random House, 2007), p. 28June 19, 2017