Cortical activity patterns predict speech discrimination ability.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC2951886 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
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Cortical activity patterns predict speech discrimination ability.
Engineer Crystal T CT Perez Claudia A CA Chen YeTing H YH Carraway Ryan S RS Reed Amanda C AC Shetake Jai A JA Jakkamsetti Vikram V Chang Kevin Q KQ Kilgard Michael P MP
Nature neuroscience 20080420 5
Neural activity in the cerebral cortex can explain many aspects of sensory perception. Extensive psychophysical and neurophysiological studies of visual motion and vibrotactile processing show that the firing rate of cortical neurons averaged across 50-500 ms is well correlated with discrimination ability. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that primary auditory cortex (A1) neurons use temporal precision on the order of 1-10 ms to represent speech sounds shifted into the rat hearing range. ...[more]
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