This article concerns the nature of evoked brain responses and the principles underlying
their generation. We start with the premise that the sensory brain has evolved to represent or …

Speech and language are considered uniquely human abilities: animals have
communication systems, but they do not match human linguistic skills in terms of recursive …

The mismatch negativity (MMN) is a brain response to violations of a rule, established by a
sequence of sensory stimuli (typically in the auditory domain)[Näätänen R. Attention and …

Predictive coding is possibly one of the most influential, comprehensive, and controversial
theories of neural function. While proponents praise its explanatory potential, critics object …

Predictive coding is a unifying framework for understanding redundancy reduction and
efficient coding in the nervous system. By transmitting only the unpredicted portions of an …

If one formulates Helmholtz's ideas about perception in terms of modern-day theories one
arrives at a model of perceptual inference and learning that can explain a remarkable range …

Current pathophysiological theories of schizophrenia highlight the role of altered brain
connectivity. This dysconnectivity could manifest 1) anatomically, through structural changes …

Evoked potentials provide valuable insight into brain processes that are integral to our ability
to interact effectively and efficiently in the world. The mismatch negativity (MMN) component …

Neurons in primary auditory cortex (A1) of cats show strong stimulus-specific adaptation
(SSA). In probabilistic settings, in which one stimulus is common and another is rare …

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 …