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During her lecture on the auditory system, Professor Breen tells the class that area A1 is located in the _____ lobe.

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Temporal

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The primary auditory cortex (A1) is found in the superior temporal gyrus in the temporal lobe and receives point-to-point input from the ventral division of the medial geniculate complex; as a result, it has a precise tonotopic map.

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