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Editorial: Understanding the role of head and body movement when navigating a complex auditory scene by Ozmeral, Erol J, Higgins, Nathan C

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Head-orienting behaviors during simultaneous speech detection and localization by Lertpoompunya, Angkana, Ozmeral, Erol J, Higgins, Nathan C, Eddins, David A

“…Head movement plays a vital role in auditory processing by contributing to spatial awareness and the ability to identify and locate sound sources. Here we…”
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Evidence for cue-independent spatial representation in the human auditory cortex during active listening by Higgins, Nathan C., McLaughlin, Susan A., Rinne, Teemu, Stecker, G. Christopher

“…Few auditory functions are as important or as universal as the capacity for auditory spatial awareness (e.g., sound localization). That ability relies on…”
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Head movement and its relation to hearing by Higgins, Nathan C, Pupo, Daniel A, Ozmeral, Erol J, Eddins, David A

“…Head position at any point in time plays a fundamental role in shaping the auditory information that reaches a listener, information that continuously changes…”
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Large group differences in binaural sensitivity are represented in preattentive responses from auditory cortex by Lertpoompunya, Angkana, Ozmeral, Erol J, Higgins, Nathan C, Eddins, Ann C, Eddins, David A

“…Correlated sounds presented to two ears are perceived as compact and centrally lateralized, whereas decorrelation between ears leads to intracranial image…”
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Defining functional spatial boundaries using a spatial release from masking task by Ozmeral, Erol J, Higgins, Nathan C

“…The classic spatial release from masking (SRM) task measures speech recognition thresholds for discrete separation angles between a target and masker…”
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Monaural and binaural contributions to interaural-level-difference sensitivity in human auditory cortex by Stecker, G. Christopher, McLaughlin, Susan A., Higgins, Nathan C.

“…Whole-brain functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to measure blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) responses in human auditory cortex (AC) to…”
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Resetting of Auditory and Visual Segregation Occurs After Transient Stimuli of the Same Modality by Higgins, Nathan C., Monjaras, Ambar G., Yerkes, Breanne D., Little, David F., Nave-Blodgett, Jessica E., Elhilali, Mounya, Snyder, Joel S.

“…In the presence of a continually changing sensory environment, maintaining stable but flexible awareness is paramount, and requires continual organization of…”
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A high-density, high-channel count, multiplexed μECoG array for auditory-cortex recordings by Escabí, Monty A, Read, Heather L, Viventi, Jonathan, Kim, Dae-Hyeong, Higgins, Nathan C, Storace, Douglas A, Liu, Andrew S K, Gifford, Adam M, Burke, John F, Campisi, Matthew, Kim, Yun-Soung, Avrin, Andrew E, Spiegel Jan, Van der, Huang, Yonggang, Li, Ming, Wu, Jian, Rogers, John A, Litt, Brian, Cohen, Yale E

“…Our understanding of the large-scale population dynamics of neural activity is limited, in part, by our inability to record simultaneously from large regions…”
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Tuning to Binaural Cues in Human Auditory Cortex by McLaughlin, Susan A., Higgins, Nathan C., Stecker, G. Christopher

“…Interaural level and time differences (ILD and ITD), the primary binaural cues for sound localization in azimuth, are known to modulate the tuned responses of…”
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Thalamic label patterns suggest primary and ventral auditory fields are distinct core regions by Storace, Douglas A., Higgins, Nathan C., Read, Heather L.

“…A hierarchical scheme proposed by Kaas and colleagues suggests that primate auditory cortex can be divided into core and belt regions based on anatomic…”
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Post-trial access to implantable neural devices: an exploratory international survey by Higgins, Nathan, Gardner, John, Wexler, Anna, Kellmeyer, Philipp, O'Brien, Kerry, Carter, Adrian

“…ObjectivesClinical trials of innovative neural implants are rapidly increasing and diversifying, but little is known about participants’ post-trial access to…”
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Preliminary Evidence for Global Properties in Human Listeners During Natural Auditory Scene Perception by McMullin, Margaret A., Kumar, Rohit, Higgins, Nathan C., Gygi, Brian, Elhilali, Mounya, Snyder, Joel S.

“…Theories of auditory and visual scene analysis suggest the perception of scenes relies on the identification and segregation of objects within it, resembling a…”
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Thalamocortical pathway specialization for sound frequency resolution by Storace, Douglas A., Higgins, Nathan C., Read, Heather L.

“…Core auditory cortices are organized in parallel pathways that process incoming sensory information differently. In the rat, sound filtering properties of the…”
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Gene expression identifies distinct ascending glutamatergic pathways to frequency-organized auditory cortex in the rat brain by Storace, Douglas A, Higgins, Nathan C, Chikar, Jennifer A, Oliver, Douglas L, Read, Heather L

“…A conserved feature of sound processing across species is the presence of multiple auditory cortical fields with topographically organized responses to sound…”
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Adaptation in the sensory cortex drives bistable switching during auditory stream segregation by Higgins, Nathan C, Scurry, Alexandra N, Jiang, Fang, Little, David F, Alain, Claude, Elhilali, Mounya, Snyder, Joel S

“…Abstract Current theories of perception emphasize the role of neural adaptation, inhibitory competition, and noise as key components that lead to switches in…”
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Specialization of binaural responses in ventral auditory cortices by Higgins, Nathan C, Storace, Douglas A, Escabí, Monty A, Read, Heather L

“…Accurate orientation to sound under challenging conditions requires auditory cortex, but it is unclear how spatial attributes of the auditory scene are…”
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Sensitivity to an Illusion of Sound Location in Human Auditory Cortex by Higgins, Nathan C, McLaughlin, Susan A, Da Costa, Sandra, Stecker, G Christopher

“…Human listeners place greater weight on the beginning of a sound compared to the middle or end when determining sound location, creating an auditory illusion…”
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Thalamocortical pathway specialization for sound frequency resolution by Storace, Douglas A., Higgins, Nathan C., Read, Heather L.

“…Core auditory cortices are organized in parallel pathways that process incoming sensory information differently. In the rat, sound filtering properties of the…”
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Thalamic label patterns suggest primary and ventral auditory fields are distinct core regions by Storace, Douglas A., Higgins, Nathan C., Read, Heather L.

“…A hierarchical scheme proposed by Kaas and colleagues suggests that primate auditory cortex can be divided into core and belt regions based on anatomic…”
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