Humans and other animals can attend to one of multiple sounds and follow it selectively
over time. The neural underpinnings of this perceptual feat remain mysterious. Some studies …

Considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the remarkable fidelity with
which the human auditory brainstem represents key acoustic features of the speech signal …

How the human auditory system extracts perceptually relevant acoustic features of speech is
unknown. To address this question, we used intracranial recordings from nonprimary …

Frequency-following responses (FFRs) are neurophonic potentials that provide a window
into the encoding of complex sounds (eg, speech/music), auditory disorders, and …

A computational model of auditory analysis is described that is inspired by psychoacoustical
and neurophysiological findings in early and central stages of the auditory system. The …

The most salient acoustic features in speech are the modulations in its intensity, captured by
the amplitude envelope. Perceptually, the envelope is necessary for speech …

Pitch perception is critical for identifying and segregating auditory objects, especially in the
context of music and speech. The perception of pitch is not unique to humans and has been …

Lateralization of function in auditory cortex has remained a persistent puzzle. Previous
studies using signals with differing spectrotemporal characteristics support a model in which …

Temporal precision in spike timing is important in cortical function, interactions, and
plasticity. We found that, during periods of recurrent network activity (UP states), cortical …

Cortical circuits work through the generation of coordinated, large-scale activity patterns. In
sensory systems, the onset of a discrete stimulus usually evokes a temporally organized …