Brodmann areas 41 and 42 are parts of the primary auditory cortex.

It is a cytoarchitectonic division of the cerebral cortex occupying the anterior transverse temporal gyrus (H) in the bank of the lateral sulcus on the dorsal surface of the temporal lobe.

Brodmann areas 41 and 42 are parts of the primary auditory cortex.

This is the first cortical destination of auditory information stemming from the thalamus.

Neural activity in this brain part corresponds most strongly with the objective physical properties of a sound.