Cognitive functions:

• detects acoustic signal features (Abdul-Kareem & Sluming, 2008)

Physical location:

• center of the transverse temporal gyrus (Abdul-Kareem & Sluming, 2008)

   

Mnemonic:

• Premier Audy Cortex is caught noisily screwing a hot transvestite.

  • Premier Audy Cortex → Primary Auditory Cortex

  • caught noisily → detecting acoustic signal features

  • screwing → inside → center

  • hot → temperature → temporal

  • transvestite → transverse

References

Abdul-Kareem, I. A., & Sluming, V. (2008). Heschl Gyrus and Its Included Primary Auditory Cortex: Structural MRI Studies in Healthy and Diseased Subjects. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 28(2), 287-99.