The fundamental perceptual unit in hearing is the'auditory object'. Similar to visual objects,
auditory objects are the computational result of the auditory system's capacity to detect …

Studies of auditory scene analysis have traditionally relied on paradigms using artificial
sounds—and conventional behavioral techniques—to elucidate how we perceptually …

In contrast to the complex acoustic environments we encounter everyday, most studies of
auditory segregation have used relatively simple signals. Here, we synthesized a new …

To make sense of natural acoustic environments, listeners must parse complex mixtures of
sounds that vary in frequency, space, and time. Emerging work suggests that, in addition to …

Sequences of higher frequency A and lower frequency B tones repeating in an ABA-triplet
pattern are widely used to study auditory streaming. One may experience either an …

Figure-ground segregation is fundamental to listening in complex acoustic environments. An
ongoing debate pertains to whether segregation requires attention or is “automatic” and …

Our current understanding of how the brain segregates auditory scenes into meaningful
objects is in line with a Gestaltism framework. These Gestalt principles suggest a theory of …

'Auditory temporal processing'determines our understanding of speech, our appreciation of
music, our ability to localize a sound source, and even to listen to a person in a noisy crowd …

In recent years there has been growing interest in masking that cannot be attributed to
interactions in the cochlea—so-called informational masking (IM). Similarity in the acoustic …

Sensory signals originating from a single event, such as audiovisual speech, are temporally
correlated. Correlated signals are known to facilitate multisensory integration and binding …