HST.723J/9.285J - Neural Coding and Perception of Sound

Spring 2009

Auditory Scene Analysis and Object Formation (Shinn-Cunningham/Melcher)

Failure of auditory streaming.  From Shinn-Cunningham (2008)

Background

1. Darwin CJ (1997).  PDF  Auditory grouping.  Trends Cogn Sci 1:327-333. 

2. Carlyon RP (2004).  PDF  How the brain separates sounds.  Trends Cogn Sci 8:465-471. 

3. Shinn-Cunningham BG (2008).  PDF Object-based auditory and visual attention.  Trends Cogn Sci 12: 182-186.

Psychophysics

1. Darwin CJ and Hukin RW (2000).  PDF Pointers  Effectiveness of spatial cues, prosody and talker characteristics in selective attention.  J. Acoust Soc Am 107:970-977.  Shinn-Cunningham.  Discussed 5/6.

2. Best V, Ozmeral EJ, Kopčo N, and Shinn-Cunningham BG (2008).  PDF Object continuity enhances selective auditory attention.  Submitted to PNAS.  Shinn-Cunningham.  Discussed 5/6.

Functional Neuroimaging

1. Gutschalk A, Micheyl C, Melcher JR, Rupp A, Scherg M, and Oxenham AJ (2005).  PDF  Neuromagnetic correlates of streaming in human auditory cortex.  J Neurosci 25:5382-5388.  Melcher.  Discussed 5/6.