{
  "id": 1554335,
  "title": "Listening shapes seeing: Sustained auditory spatial attention enhances early visual-cortical processing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/listening-shapes-seeing-sustained-auditory-spatial-attention-enhances",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.11.744194v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "How does the auditory system implement spatial selection without a dedicated cortical map for space? One hypothesis holds that auditory spatial attention draws on a supra-modal network including the parietal-occipital cortex; an alternative implicates subcortical structures (e.g., superior colliculus) with no direct recruitment of visual cortex. To adjudicate between these accounts, we used a…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}