The cortical representation of the acoustic features of continuous speech is the foundation of
speech perception. In this study, noninvasive magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings …

Over the last two decades, a vast literature has described the influence of neuromodulatory
systems on the responses of sensory cortex neurons (review in Gu,; Edeline,; Weinberger,; …

Natural auditory environments, be they cocktail parties or rain forests, contain many things
that concurrently make sounds. The cocktail party problem is the task of hearing a sound of …

For decades, the corticofugal descending projections have been anatomically well
described but their functional role remains a puzzling question. In this review, we will first …

In social settings, speech waveforms from nearby speakers mix together in our ear canals.
Normally, the brain unmixes the attended speech stream from the chorus of background …

Cortical representations supporting many cognitive abilities emerge from underlying circuits
comprised of several different cell types. However, cell type-specific contributions to rate and …

Humans and animals can reliably perceive behaviorally relevant sounds in noisy and
reverberant environments, yet the neural mechanisms behind this phenomenon are largely …

Vocal communicators such as humans and songbirds readily recognize individual
vocalizations, even in distracting auditory environments. This perceptual ability is likely …

Speech communication in real-world environments requires adaptation to changing acoustic
conditions. How the human auditory cortex adapts as a new noise source appears in or …

This chapter describes the effects of noise on animals in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
Potential adverse effects cover a range of behavioral changes and physiological responses …