Selective attention increases both gain and feature selectivity of the human auditory cortex.

<h4>Background</h4>An experienced car mechanic can often deduce what's wrong with a car by carefully listening to the sound of the ailing engine, despite the presence of multiple sources of noise. Indeed, the ability to select task-relevant sounds for awareness, whilst ignoring irre...

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Main Authors: Jaakko Kauramäki, Iiro P Jääskeläinen, Mikko Sams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000909