title: Auditory neuroscience: temporal anticipation enhances cortical processing.
abstract: A recent study shows that expectation about the timing of behaviorally-relevant sounds enhances the responses of neurons in the primary auditory cortex and improves the accuracy and speed with which animals respond to those sounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Aantomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. kerry.walker@dpag.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kerry M M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013016:Sound