The auditory system essentially deals with sequential type of input and thus requires
processing that is particularly suited to extract stimulus relations within a sequence …

The mismatch-negativity (MMN) component of the event-related potential (ERP) has been
extensively used to study the preattentive processing and storage of regularities in basic …

The anatomy of the mammalian visual system, from the retina to the neocortex, is organized
hierarchically. However, direct observation of cellular-level functional interactions across this …

Repetition of a stimulus, as well as valid expectation that a stimulus will occur, both
attenuate the neural response to it. These effects, repetition suppression and expectation …

Neural mechanisms that detect changes in the auditory environment appear to rely on
processes that predict sensory state. Here we propose that in tinnitus there is a disparity …

The early stages of the auditory system need to preserve the timing information of sounds in
order to extract the basic features of acoustic stimuli. At the same time, different processes of …

The specific adaptation of neuronal responses to a repeated stimulus (Stimulus-specific
adaptation, SSA), which does not fully generalize to other stimuli, provides a mechanism for …

A major challenge for sensory processing in the brain is considering stimulus context, such
as stimulus probability, which may be relevant for survival. Excitatory neurons in auditory …

Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) is the reduction in the response to a common stimulus
that does not generalize, or only partially generalizes, to other, rare stimuli. SSA has been …

In this account, we attempt to integrate two parallel, but thus far, separate lines of research
on auditory novelty detection:(1) human studies of EEG recordings of the mismatch …