Dynamical modeling of neural systems and brain functions has a history of success over the
last half century. This includes, for example, the explanation and prediction of some features …

Cortical neurons emit seemingly erratic trains of action potentials or “spikes,” and neural
network dynamics emerge from the coordinated spiking activity within neural circuits. These …

The cortex represents information across widely varying timescales,,,,. For instance, sensory
cortex encodes stimuli that fluctuate over few tens of milliseconds,, whereas in association …

The ability to focus on and understand one talker in a noisy social environment is a critical
social-cognitive capacity, whose underlying neuronal mechanisms are unclear. We …

How natural speech is represented in the auditory cortex constitutes a major challenge for
cognitive neuroscience. Although many single-unit and neuroimaging studies have yielded …

A computational model of auditory analysis is described that is inspired by psychoacoustical
and neurophysiological findings in early and central stages of the auditory system. The …

Temporal precision in spike timing is important in cortical function, interactions, and
plasticity. We found that, during periods of recurrent network activity (UP states), cortical …

It has been well documented that neurons in the auditory cortex of anaesthetized animals
generally display transient responses to acoustic stimulation, and typically respond to a brief …

Before a natural sound can be recognized, an auditory signature of its source must be
learned through experience. Here we used random waveforms to probe the formation of …

Older adults, even with clinically normal hearing sensitivity, have auditory perceptual deficits
relative to their younger counterparts. This difficulty may in part, be related to a decline in the …