A proposal for an auditory sensation cognitive architecture and its integration with the motor-system cognitive function

The auditory system is capable of producing a wide range of information through the acquisition and perception of the vibrations present in the environment, even when the receptor is not directly facing the stimulus's source. Said information can be crucial for survival and useful for a variety of systems like the visual system and the motor system. Despite that, the quantity of studies involving the auditory system or its interactions with other systems is limited, even though anatomical evidence recognizes this relationships' existence. In this work, we study its interaction with the motor system. A bio-inspired model that explores the relationship between the auditory and motor systems, grounded on neuroscientific research, is presented to address this proposal. To validate our proposal, a case study in which we endow a virtual entity with our proposed model. Then, we ask both a group of persons and the virtual creature to compute and face towards the direction were the sound was originated. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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This study investigates the interaction between the auditory system and the motor system, proposing a bio-inspired model grounded on neuroscientific research. A case study is conducted to validate the proposal, where a virtual entity is endowed with the proposed model for computing and facing towards the direction of sound origin.