Using ultra-high field fMRI, we explored the cortical depth dependent stability of acoustic feature preference in human auditory cortex. In accordance with results from invasive recordings in cat auditory cortex, we observed a relatively stable (i.e., columnar) tuning to frequency and temporal modulations, while spectral modulation tuning was less stable throughout the cortical depth. This could represent simpler spectral tuning in middle auditory cortical layers, compared to more complex spectral tuning superficially. Furthermore, results suggest a coding strategy in which tuning to some features is kept stable orthogonal to the cortex, while tuning to other features systematically varies.
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