Detecting the direction of frequency modulation (FM) is essential for vocal communication in
both animals and humans. Direction-selective firing of neurons in the primary auditory cortex …

It has been proposed that sound information is separately streamed into onset and offset
pathways for parallel processing. However, how offset responses contribute to auditory …

Pitch is an important perceptual feature; however, it is poorly understood how its cortical
correlates are shaped by absolute vs relative fundamental frequency (f 0), and by neural …

Marmosets are highly social non-human primates that live in families. They exhibit rich
vocalization, but the neural basis underlying this complex vocal communication is largely …

The mouse auditory cortex is comprised of several auditory fields spanning the dorsoventral
axis of the temporal lobe. The ventral most auditory field is the temporal association cortex …

Expectations aid and bias our perception. In speech, expected words are easier to
recognise than unexpected words, particularly in noisy environments, and incorrect …

Throughout the nervous system, the organization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs
within a neuron's receptive field shapes its output computation. In some cases, multiple …

Some people using hearing aids have difficulty discriminating between sounds even though
the sounds are audible. As such, cochlear implants may provide greater benefits for speech …

As we interact with our surroundings, we encounter the same or similar objects from different
perspectives and are compelled to generalize. For example, we recognize dog barks as a …

Frequency modulation (FM) is a basic constituent of vocalisation in many animals as well as
in humans. In human speech, short rising and falling FM-sweeps of around 50 ms duration …