Dear Colleagues,
This is to announce the publication of our new paper entitled: Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Dolphin Brains Reveals Direct Auditory Pathway to Temporal Lobe published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The free-access paper is here: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1811/20151203 We applied a novel technique known as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to the preserved brains of two dolphins who died after stranding more than a decade ago. These images revealed that there is more than one auditory primary cortical region in dolphin brains and that the new area is in the temporal lobe. These unprecedented findings show the dolphin brain is more complex than previously thought and suggest a possible revision of current models of auditory processing in cetaceans. You may contact either myself at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or the lead author, Dr. Greg Berns, at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . Thank you. Lori Lori Marino, Ph.D. Executive Director The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy
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