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@article{citeulike:294549, abstract = {Unlike visual and tactile stimuli, auditory signals that allow perception of timbre, pitch and localization are temporal. To process these, the auditory nervous system must either possess specialized neural machinery for analyzing temporal input, or transform the initial responses into patterns that are spatially distributed across its sensory epithelium. The former hypothesis, which postulates the existence of structures that facilitate temporal processing, is most popular. However, I argue that the cochlea transforms sound into spatiotemporal response patterns on the auditory nerve and central auditory stages; and that a unified computational framework exists for central auditory, visual and other sensory processing. Specifically, I explain how four fundamental concepts in visual processing play analogous roles in auditory processing.}, address = {Center for Acoustic and Auditory Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland College Park, 20742, College Park, MD, USA}, author = {Shamma, S}, citeulike-article-id = {294549}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11477003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11477003}, day = {1}, issn = {1364-6613}, journal = {Trends Cogn Sci}, keywords = {memory, shamma, sound}, month = {August}, number = {8}, pages = {340--348}, posted-at = {2005-08-16 20:17:09}, priority = {0}, title = {On the role of space and time in auditory processing.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11477003}, volume = {5}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:294549 L3 - citeulike-article-id:294549 N2 - Unlike visual and tactile stimuli, auditory signals that allow perception of timbre, pitch and localization are temporal. To process these, the auditory nervous system must either possess specialized neural machinery for analyzing temporal input, or transform the initial responses into patterns that are spatially distributed across its sensory epithelium. The former hypothesis, which postulates the existence of structures that facilitate temporal processing, is most popular. However, I argue that the cochlea transforms sound into spatiotemporal response patterns on the auditory nerve and central auditory stages; and that a unified computational framework exists for central auditory, visual and other sensory processing. Specifically, I explain how four fundamental concepts in visual processing play analogous roles in auditory processing. IS - 8 JF - Trends Cogn Sci SN - 1364-6613 AD - Center for Acoustic and Auditory Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland College Park, 20742, College Park, MD, USA EP - 348 TI - On the role of space and time in auditory processing. VL - 5 SP - 340 KW - memory KW - shamma KW - sound AU - Shamma, S PY - 2001/08/01/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11477003 ER -