Listening in noisy or complex sound environments is difficult for individuals with normal
hearing and can be a debilitating impairment for those with hearing loss. Extracting …

A fundamental scientific goal in auditory neuroscience is identifying what mechanisms allow
the brain to transform an unlabeled mixture of auditory stimuli into distinct perceptual …

Ageing and challenging signal‐in‐noise conditions are known to engage the use of cortical
resources to help maintain speech understanding. Extensive corticothalamic projections are …

Figure-ground segregation, the brain's ability to group related features into stable perceptual
entities, is crucial for auditory perception in noisy environments. The neuronal mechanisms …

The ability to discriminate between complex natural sounds is critical for survival. Changes
in arousal and other aspects of behavioral state can impact the accuracy of sensory coding …

In complex auditory scenes the brain exploits statistical regularities to group sound elements
into streams. Previous studies using tones that transition from being randomly drawn to …

Water regulation is a procedure that allows animals to consume water volumes equivalent to
ad libitum access, but access is limited to specific time intervals (that is, water is not …

Auditory streaming and perceptual binding are functions performed by the auditory brain
rapidly and without conscious effort. They are fundamental for how we analyze and …

Natural sensory scenes are often very complex, with a multitude of overlapping objects in
space and time. In order to direct behaviour, a critical aspect of everyday perception is the …