In the auditory cortex of awake animals, a substantial number of neurons do not respond to
pure tones. These neurons have historically been classified as “unresponsive” and even …

Extracellular recording studies have revealed diverse and selective neural responses in the
primary auditory cortex (A1) of awake animals. However, we have limited knowledge on …

Encoding of amplitude modulated (AM) acoustical signals is one of the most compelling
tasks for the mammalian auditory system: environmental sounds, after being filtered and …

Natural sounds can be characterised by their spectral content and temporal modulation, but
how the brain is organized to analyse these two critical sound dimensions remains …

Neurons in auditory cortex of awake primates are selective for the spatial location of a sound
source, yet the neural representation of the binaural cues that underlie this tuning remains …

Periodic modulations of an acoustic feature, such as amplitude over a certain frequency
range, leads to phase locking of neural responses to the envelope of the modulation. Using …

The distribution of neuronal characteristic frequencies over the area of primary auditory
cortex (AI) roughly reflects the tonotopic organization of the cochlea. However, because the …

The capacity of auditory cortex on Heschl's gyrus (HG) to encode repetitive transients was
studied in human patients undergoing surgical evaluation for medically intractable epilepsy …

How the brain processes temporal information embedded in sounds is a core question in
auditory research. This article synthesizes recent studies from our laboratory regarding …

Rapid changes in sound amplitude—amplitude modulation (AM)—comprise an important
feature of biologically-relevant sounds, including speech. In the companion paper, a …