Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4334349 Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

‘Auditory scenes’ often contain contributions from multiple acoustic sources. These are usually heard as separate auditory ‘streams’, which can be selectively followed over time. How and where these auditory streams are formed in the auditory system is one of the most fascinating questions facing auditory scientists today. Findings published within the past two years indicate that both cortical and subcortical processes contribute to the formation of auditory streams, and they raise important questions concerning the roles of primary and secondary areas of auditory cortex in this phenomenon. In addition, these findings underline the importance of taking into account the relative timing of neural responses, and the influence of selective attention, in the search for neural correlates of the perception of auditory streams.

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