title: Focusing attention on sound.
abstract: A new study finds that neurons in the ferret frontal cortex typically respond to sound only during trained auditory tasks and that these neurons depict the task-related meaning rather than the acoustical properties of stimuli.
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Bajo
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005289:Ferrets; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*