Auditory neuroscience: sound segregation in the brainstem?
Separating a mixture of sounds into its constituent parts is a complex process likely to involve many processing stages. A new study suggests that the first steps in that process may occur already at the level of the first auditory processing centre in the brainstem.
Schnupp
Jan W H
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Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. jan@physiol.ox.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D013016:Sound