The striatum plays a critical role in decision-making based on sensory input. Specifically, the posterior region of the striatum receives projections from auditory regions of both the cerebral cortex and the thalamus. This ...

Previous linguistic research has revealed that both people and animals can learn to discriminate sounds through both active training and passive exposure. However, the training regimens that result in optimal learning are ...

In-vivo two-photon calcium imaging is a powerful tool that enables us to measure the activity of hundreds of individual neurons simultaneously. To better understand how the brain processes sounds, we will use this imaging ...

For many species, the ability to use information about sound to guide behavior is important for obtaining rewards such as food, mates, or respite from danger. The neural pathways that associate sounds with actions that ...