ENCODING OF VOCAL SIGNALS IN THE AUDITORY SYSTEM

我们节目的主要目标是了解听觉系统是如何 提取和编码特定物种语音信号的不变特征 以及其他具有生物学意义的声音。这项研究是基于我们的 之前的研究跨越了过去几年。我们建议的工作包括 大脑皮层单个细胞的解剖和电生理记录 爬行动物无尾目动物(青蛙和蟾蜍)的外周和中枢听觉系统 还有鸟儿。这种比较方法的目的是提供对 听觉加工的发展与检测定位策略 感兴趣的通信信号。

The primary goal of our program is the understanding of how the auditory system extracts and encodes the invariant features of species-specific vocal signals and other sounds of biological significance. This research is based on our previous studies spanning the past several years. Our proposed work involves anatomical and electrophysiological recordings from single cells in the peripheral and central auditory system of anurans (frogs and toads), reptiles and birds. This comparative approach is intended to provide insight into the evolution of auditory processing and stategies of detecting and locating communication signals of interest.