In this review, we attempt to integrate the empirical evidence regarding stimulus-specific
adaptation (SSA) and mismatch negativity (MMN) under a predictive coding perspective …

Adaptation is fundamental to life. All organisms adapt over timescales that span from
evolution to generations and lifetimes to moment-by-moment interactions. The nervous …

Perception is characterized by a reciprocal exchange of predictions and prediction error
signals between neural regions. However, the relationship between such sensory mismatch …

Prediction provides key advantages for survival, and cognitive studies have demonstrated
that the brain computes multilevel predictions. Evidence for predictions remains elusive at …

Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) in single neurons of the auditory cortex was suggested to
be a potential neural correlate of the mismatch negativity (MMN), a widely studied …

The mismatch negativity (MMN) is a key biomarker of automatic deviance detection thought
to emerge from 2 cortical sources. First, the auditory cortex (AC) encodes spectral …

While several studies have investigated mouse ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) emitted by
isolated pups or by males in mating contexts, studies of behavioral contexts other than …

Dopamine guides behavior and learning through pleasure, according to classic
understanding. Dopaminergic neurons are traditionally thought to signal positive or negative …

The dorsal (DCIC) and lateral cortices (LCIC) of the inferior colliculus are major targets of the
auditory and non-auditory cortical areas, suggesting a role in complex multimodal …

During early developmental windows known as critical periods (CPs) of plasticity, passive
alterations in the quality and quantity of sensory inputs are sufficient to induce profound and …