Neural correlates of musical timbre: an ALE meta-analysis of neuroimaging data

• DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1373232
• Publication Date: 2024-06-17T04:59:28Z
• Authors: Oliver Tab Bellmann; Rie Asano
• Keywords: Timbre; Planum temporale; Musical tone; Superior temporal gyrus

Timbre is a central aspect of music that allows listeners to identify musical sounds and conveys emotion, but also for the recognition actions an important structuring property music. The former functions are known be implemented in ventral auditory stream processing timbre. While latter commonly attributed areas dorsal other domains, its involvement timbre so far unknown. To investigate if involves both pathways, we carried out activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis 18 experiments from 17 published neuroimaging studies on perception. We identified consistent activations Brodmann (BA) 41, 42, 22 bilateral transverse temporal gyri, posterior superior gyri planum temporale, BA 40 inferior parietal lobe, 13 Insula, right anterior insula gyrus. vast majority regions associated with streams. therefore propose frame dual-stream model. Moreover, activated show similarities brain involved several fundamental aspects music, indicating possible shared neural bases domains.