Of delays, coincidences and efficient coding for space in the auditory pathway.
To localize a sound source in space, the auditory system detects minute differences in the arrival time of a sound between the two ears. It has long been assumed that delay lines and coincidence detectors turn these time differences into a labelled line code for source position, but recent studies challenge this view.
Schnupp
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University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, Oxford, UK. jan.schnupp@physiol.ox.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D013017:Sound Localization / Q000502:physiology*