Measuring the dynamics of neural responses in primary auditory cortex

Authors :: Depireux, Didier A.
Simon, Jonathan Z.
Shamma, Shihab A.
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: arXiv, 2003.
Abstract: We review recent developments in the measurement of the dynamics of the response properties of auditory cortical neurons to broadband sounds, which is closely related to the perception of timbre. The emphasis is on a method that characterizes the spectro-temporal properties of single neurons to dynamic, broadband sounds, akin to the drifting gratings used in vision. The method treats the spectral and temporal aspects of the response on an equal footing.<br />Comment: 27 pages, 17 figures, straight LaTeX +psfig. Originally submitted to the neuro-sys archive which was never publicly announced (was 9804002)