Input limitations for cortical combination-sensitive neurons coding stop-consonants?

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 284.

Abstract: A tendency of auditory cortical neurons to respond at the beginning of major transitions in sounds rather than providing a continuously updated spectral-temporal profile may impede the generation of combination-sensitivity for certain classes of stimuli. Potential consequences of the cortical encoding of voiced stop-consonants on representational principles derived from orderly output constraints are discussed.

Note: Editorial Schreiner CE, Univ Calif San Francisco, Sloan Ctr Theoret Neurobiol, Wm Keck Ctr Integrat Neurosci, Coleman Lab, San Francisco,CA 94143 USA

Keyword(s): PRIMARY AUDITORY-CORTEX; SPEECH-EVOKED ACTIVITY; VOICE ONSET TIME; RESPONSES; CAT; REPRESENTATION; STIMULI; SOUNDS

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