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ArticleCell reports2021

Neuronal figure-ground responses in primate primary auditory cortex.

Felix Schneider, Fabien Balezeau, Claudia Distler, Yukiko Kikuchi, Jochem van Kempen, Alwin Gieselmann, Christopher I Petkov, Alexander Thiele, Timothy D Griffiths

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Felix SchneiderBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: fschneider@dpz.eu.
Fabien BalezeauBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Claudia DistlerGeneral Zoology and Neurobiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Yukiko KikuchiBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Jochem van KempenBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Alwin GieselmannBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Christopher I PetkovBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Alexander ThieleBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Timothy D GriffithsBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Electronic address: tim.griffiths@ncl.ac.uk.

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Wellcome Trust WT106964MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Figure-ground segregation, the brain's ability to group related features into stable perceptual entities, is crucial for auditory perception in noisy environments. The neuronal mechanisms for this process are poorly understood in the auditory system. Here, we report figure-ground modulation of multi-unit activity (MUA) in the primary and non-primary auditory cortex of rhesus macaques. Across both regions, MUA increases upon presentation of auditory figures, which consist of coherent chord sequences. We show increased activity even in the absence of any perceptual decision, suggesting that neural mechanisms for perceptual grouping are, to some extent, independent of behavioral demands. Furthermore, we demonstrate differences in figure encoding between more anterior and more posterior regions; perceptual saliency is represented in anterior cortical fields only. Our results suggest an encoding of auditory figures from the earliest cortical stages by a rate code.

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Acoustic StimulationAnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PerceptionFemaleMacaca mulattaMaleMotor ActivityNeuronsStochastic ProcessesA1auditory cortexauditory figureauditory figure-ground segregationauditory objectnon-human primateperceptual organizationrhesus macaquescene analysisstochastic figure-ground stimulus

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PMID34133935
PMCPMC8220257

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