Animal communication sounds exhibit complex temporal structure because of the amplitude
fluctuations that comprise the sound envelope. In human speech, envelope modulations …

Cortical information processing of the onset, offset, and continuous plateau of an acoustic
stimulus should play an important role in acoustic object perception. To date, transient …

Incoming signals interact with rich, ongoing population activity dynamics in cortical circuits.
These intrinsic dynamics are the consequence of interactions among local excitatory and …

The processing characteristics of neurons in the central auditory system are directly shaped
by and reflect the statistics of natural acoustic environments, but the principles that govern …

The function of the cerebral cortex essentially depends on the ability to form functional
assemblies across different cortical areas serving different functions. Here we investigated …

Sensory detection tasks enhance representations of behaviorally meaningful stimuli in
primary auditory cortex (A1). However, it remains unclear how A1 encodes decision-making …

The ability to attend to a particular sound in a noisy environment is an essential aspect of
hearing. To accomplish this feat, the auditory system must segregate sounds that overlap in …

Auditory cortex contributes to the processing and perception of spectrotemporally complex
stimuli. However, the mechanisms by which this is accomplished are not well understood. In …

Neurons in visual, somatosensory, and auditory cortex can respond to the termination as
well as the onset of a sensory stimulus. In auditory cortex, these off responses may underlie …

Although single units in primary auditory cortex (A1) exhibit accurate timing in their phasic
response to the onset of sound (precision of a few milliseconds), paradoxically, they are …