ABSTRACT
A sound that we hear in a natural setting allows us to identify the sound source and simultaneously to localize it in space. Converging evidence from nonhuman and human studies suggests that these two aspects are processed in at least partially independent cortical networks. This chapter will review the major studies that have led to this conception, starting with a brief review of anatomical and electrophysiological studies in non-human primates, and concentrating then on anatomical, activation and lesion studies in humans.
