The auditory frequency-following response (FFR) is a non-invasive index of the fidelity of
sound encoding in the brain, and is used to study the integrity, plasticity, and behavioral …

In this review, we attempt to integrate the empirical evidence regarding stimulus-specific
adaptation (SSA) and mismatch negativity (MMN) under a predictive coding perspective …

Some fifty years after the first physiological studies of auditory attention, the field is now
ripening, with exciting recent insights into the psychophysics, psychology, and neural basis …

Predictive processing of information is essential for goal-directed behavior. We offer an
account of auditory perception suggesting that representations of predictable patterns, or …

Reliably detecting unexpected sounds is important for environmental awareness and
survival. By selectively reducing responses to frequently, but not rarely, occurring sounds …

The New York Times–bestselling author provides an “entertaining” look at how artists
enlighten us about the workings of the brain (New York magazine). In this book, the author of …

To identify sounds as novel, there must be some neural representation of commonly
occurring sounds. Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) is a reduction in neural response to a …

" Large-scale efforts have been made since the 1990s to ensure that all children of the world
go to school. But mere enrollment is not sufficient, students must become fluent in reading …

The early stages of the auditory system need to preserve the timing information of sounds in
order to extract the basic features of acoustic stimuli. At the same time, different processes of …

Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) is the specific decrease in the response to a frequent
('standard') stimulus, which does not generalize, or generalizes only partially, to another …