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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000909 |