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Discrete regions of neural tissue along the anterior–posterior axis of the torus semicircularis act as resonators, each one broadly tuned to a different range of frequencies, and each one responding optimally to the incident sound from a different direction. In this way, a map of auditory space is represented in the midbrain.
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Pettigrew, A., Chung, SH. & Anson, M. Neurophysiological basis of directional hearing in amphibia. Nature 272, 138–142 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/272138a0
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