While a topographic map of auditory space exists in the vertebrate midbrain, it is absent in
the forebrain. Yet, both brain regions are implicated in sound localization. The …

Barn owls process sound-localization information in two parallel pathways, the midbrain and
the forebrain pathway. Exctracellular recordings of neural responses to auditory stimuli from …

The natural environment challenges the brain to prioritize the processing of salient stimuli.
The barn owl, a sound localization specialist, exhibits a circuit called the midbrain stimulus …

Space-specific neurons in the owl's midbrain form a neural map of auditory space, which
supports sound-orienting behavior. Previous work proposed that a population vector (PV) …

In nature, sounds from multiple sources sum at the eardrums, generating complex cues for
sound localization and identification. In this clutter, the auditory system must determine “what …

Sensory systems preferentially strengthen responses to stimuli based on their reliability at
conveying accurate information. While previous reports demonstrate that the brain reweighs …

The auditory cortex is critical for perceiving a sound's location. However, there is no
topographic representation of acoustic space, and individual auditory cortical neurons are …

Interaural time and level differences are important cues for sound localization. We wondered
whether the broadband information contained in these two cues could fully explain the …

Interaural time differences are an important cue for azimuthal sound localization. It is still
unclear whether the same neuronal mechanisms underlie the representation in the brain of …

The detection of interaural time differences (ITDs) for sound localization critically depends
on the similarity between the left and right ear signals (interaural correlation). We show that …