Table 1.
Brain areas activated during music listening. Auditory cortices from temporal lobe and limbic system areas are the most frequently implicated brain regions in music processing, as well as other eloquent areas depicted in the table.
| Region (Brodmann Area) | |
|---|---|
| Temporal cortex | |
| Right | Primary auditory cortex (41) |
| Secondary auditory cortex (22 and 42) | |
| Superior temporal sulcus (21 or 22) | |
| Temporal pole (22 or 38) | |
| Middle temporal gyrus (21) | |
| Left | Primary auditory cortex (41) |
| Superior temporal sulcus (21 or 22) | |
| Limbic areas | |
| Right | Anterior insula |
| Hippocampus | |
| Left | Retrosplenial cortex (29 or 30) |
| Anterior cingulate cortex (32) | |
| Anterior insula | |
| Subcallosal cingulate gyrus (11 or 25) | |
| Others brain areas | |
| Lingual gyrus (18 and 19) | |
| Inferior parietal lobule (39) |