Combination-sensitive neurons: A flexible neural strategy for analyzing correlated elements in sounds

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 286.

Abstract: Combination-sensitive neurons serve as the fundamental processing unit in Sussman and colleagues' proposal for the neural representation of of stop consonants. This commentary describes recent studies in the mustached bat that show how ubiquitous and flexible this neural strategy can be. Sussman et al.'s proposal is an important contribution to a neuroethological consideration of speech perception.

Note: Editorial Wenstrup JJ, NE Ohio Univ, Coll Med, Dept Neurobiol, Rootstown,OH 44272 USA

Keyword(s): MOUSTACHED BAT; AUDITORY-CORTEX

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