| Adaptation to stimulus statistics in the perception and neural representation of auditory space. | |
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PMID: 20620878 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Sensory systems are known to adapt their coding strategies to the statistics of their environment, but little is still known about the perceptual implications of such adjustments. We investigated how auditory spatial processing adapts to stimulus statistics by presenting human listeners and anesthetized ferrets with noise sequences in which interaural level differences (ILD) rapidly fluctuated according to a Gaussian distribution. The mean of the distribution biased the perceived laterality of a subsequent stimulus, whereas the distribution's variance changed the listeners' spatial sensitivity. The responses of neurons in the inferior colliculus changed in line with these perceptual phenomena. Their ILD preference adjusted to match the stimulus distribution mean, resulting in large shifts in rate-ILD functions, while their gain adapted to the stimulus variance, producing pronounced changes in neural sensitivity. Our findings suggest that processing of auditory space is geared toward emphasizing relative spatial differences rather than the accurate representation of absolute position. |
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Authors:
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Johannes C Dahmen; Peter Keating; Fernando R Nodal; Andreas L Schulz; Andrew J King |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Neuron Volume: 66 ISSN: 1097-4199 ISO Abbreviation: Neuron Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-07-12 Completed Date: 2010-08-06 Revised Date: 2010-10-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8809320 Medline TA: Neuron Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 937-48 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. johannes.dahmen@dpag.ox.ac.uk |
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Acoustic Stimulation
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methods Action Potentials / physiology Adaptation, Physiological / physiology* Analysis of Variance Animals Auditory Cortex / cytology Auditory Perception / physiology* Female Ferrets Humans Linear Models Male Models, Neurological Neurons / physiology* Nonlinear Dynamics Psychometrics Psychophysics Reaction Time Space Perception / physiology* Time Factors |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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WT076508AIA//Wellcome Trust |
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