The encoding of speech sounds in the superior temporal gyrus

HG Yi, MK Leonard, EF Chang - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The human superior temporal gyrus (STG) is critical for extracting meaningful linguistic
features from speech input. Local neural populations are tuned to acoustic-phonetic features …

Large-scale single-neuron speech sound encoding across the depth of human cortex

MK Leonard, L Gwilliams, KK Sellers, JE Chung, D Xu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the neural basis of speech perception requires that we study the human
brain both at the scale of the fundamental computational unit of neurons and in their …

Sequential transmission of task-relevant information in cortical neuronal networks

NA Francis, S Mukherjee, L Koçillari, S Panzeri… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Cortical processing of task-relevant information enables recognition of behaviorally
meaningful sensory events. It is unclear how task-related information is represented within …

Task-induced modulations of neuronal activity along the auditory pathway

G De Franceschi, TR Barkat - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Sensory processing varies depending on behavioral context. Here, we ask how task
engagement modulates neurons in the auditory system. We train mice in a simple tone …

Task rule and choice are reflected by layer-specific processing in rodent auditory cortical microcircuits

MM Zempeltzi, M Kisse, MGK Brunk, C Glemser… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The primary auditory cortex (A1) is an essential, integrative node that encodes the
behavioral relevance of acoustic stimuli, predictions, and auditory-guided decision-making …

Auditory discrimination learning differentially modulates neural representation in auditory cortex subregions and inter-areal connectivity

M Wang, P Jendrichovsky, PO Kanold - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Changes in sound-evoked responses in the auditory cortex (ACtx) occur during learning, but
how learning alters neural responses in different ACtx subregions and changes their …

Cross laminar traveling components of field potentials due to volume conduction of non-traveling neuronal activity in macaque sensory cortices

JJ Orczyk, A Barczak, J Costa-Faidella… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Field potentials (FPs) reflect neuronal activities in the brain, and often exhibit traveling peaks
across recording sites. While traveling FPs are interpreted as propagation of neuronal …

Learning nonnative speech sounds changes local encoding in the adult human cortex

HG Yi, B Chandrasekaran, KV Nourski… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Adults can learn to identify nonnative speech sounds with training, albeit with substantial
variability in learning behavior. Increases in behavioral accuracy are associated with …

Learning spectro-temporal representations of complex sounds with parameterized neural networks

R Riad, J Karadayi, AC Bachoud-Lévi… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Deep learning models have become potential candidates for auditory neuroscience
research, thanks to their recent successes in a variety of auditory tasks, yet these models …

[HTML][HTML] Layer-specific correlates of detected and undetected auditory targets during attention

M Heynckes, A Lage-Castellanos, P De Weerd… - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In everyday life, the processing of acoustic information allows us to react to subtle changes
in the auditory scene. Yet even when closely attending to sounds in the context of a task, we …