Re:Myths about the brain
by porkbrain on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:29PM
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I suppose "more direct" can be interpreted differently, but to the best of my knowledge the signal from your cochlea takes more axonal jumps[0] than e.g. visual, which jumps "only" through LGM[1]. Even more direct is the olfactory pathway which skips the thalamus altogether[2].
However, in the context of the article you might be referring only to intertelencephalic processing, in which case I'd love to read a paper which compares the directness of hearing vs other modalities.
Re:Myths about the brain
by uniqueuid on Thursday December 23, 2021 @01:26AM
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Hi @porkbrain, it's going to take a few days but I'll ask and come back with such an article if my friend (whose specialty is auditory processing and sensor fusion) can recommend one.
However, in the context of the article you might be referring only to intertelencephalic processing, in which case I'd love to read a paper which compares the directness of hearing vs other modalities.
[0]: https://teachmeanatomy.info/neuroanatomy/pathways/auditory-p...
[1]: https://www.ophthalmologyreview.org/articles/the-afferent-vi...
[2]: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2015.0004...