A neuronal population code for sound localization

Douglas C. Fitzpatrick (), Ranjan Batra, Terrence R. Stanford and Shigeyuki Kuwada
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Douglas C. Fitzpatrick: University of Connecticut Health Center
Ranjan Batra: University of Connecticut Health Center
Terrence R. Stanford: University of Connecticut Health Center
Shigeyuki Kuwada: University of Connecticut Health Center

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6645, 871-874

Abstract: Abstract The accuracy with which listeners can locate sounds is much greater than the spatial sensitivity of single neurons1,2,3. The broad spatial tuning of auditory neurons indicates that a code based on the responses of ensembles of neurons, a population code, must be used to determine the position of a sound in space. Here we show that the tuning of neurons to the most potent localization cue, the interaural time difference in low-frequency signals (

Date: 1997
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