Although ears capable of detecting airborne sound have arisen repeatedly and independently
in different species, most animals that are capable of hearing have a pair of ears. We …

In order to pinpoint the location of a sound source, we make use of a variety of spatial cues
that arise from the direction-dependent manner in which sounds interact with the head, torso …

… Jan Schnupp, Israel Nelken, and Andrew King … Jan Schnupp, Israel Nelken, and
Andrew King … Schnupp, Jan, 1966– Auditory neuroscience : making sense of sound / Jan …

The auditory system must represent sounds with a wide range of statistical properties. One
important property is the spectrotemporal contrast in the acoustic environment: the variation in …

Despite extensive subcortical processing, the auditory cortex is believed to be essential for
normal sound localization. However, we still have a poor understanding of how auditory …

It has been suggested that “call-selective” neurons may play an important role in the encoding
of vocalizations in primary auditory cortex (A1). For example, marmoset A1 neurons often …

Because we can perceive the pitch, timbre, and spatial location of a sound source
independently, it seems natural to suppose that cortical processing of sounds might separate out …

Identifying behaviorally relevant sounds in the presence of background noise is one of the
most important and poorly understood challenges faced by the auditory system. An elegant …

To determine the direction of a sound source in space, animals must process a variety of
auditory spatial cues, including interaural level and time differences, as well as changes in the …

Neurons can transmit information about sensory stimuli via their firing rate, spike latency, or
by the occurrence of complex spike patterns. Identifying which aspects of the neural …