Sound frequency-invariant neural coding of a frequency-dependent cue to sound source location.

Abstract:

:The century-old duplex theory of sound localization posits that low- and high-frequency sounds are localized with two different acoustical cues, interaural time and level differences (ITDs and ILDs), respectively. While behavioral studies in humans and behavioral and neurophysiological studies in a variety of animal models have largely supported the duplex theory, behavioral sensitivity to ILD is curiously invariant across the audible spectrum. Here we demonstrate that auditory midbrain neurons in the chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) also encode ILDs in a frequency-invariant manner, efficiently representing the full range of acoustical ILDs experienced as a joint function of sound source frequency, azimuth, and distance. We further show, using Fisher information, that nominal "low-frequency" and "high-frequency" ILD-sensitive neural populations can discriminate ILD with similar acuity, yielding neural ILD discrimination thresholds for near-midline sources comparable to behavioral discrimination thresholds estimated for chinchillas. These findings thus suggest a revision to the duplex theory and reinforce ecological and efficiency principles that hold that neural systems have evolved to encode the spectrum of biologically relevant sensory signals to which they are naturally exposed.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

authors

Jones HG,Brown AD,Koka K,Thornton JL,Tollin DJ

doi

10.1152/jn.00062.2015

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-07-01 00:00:00

pages

531-9

issue

1

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

pii

jn.00062.2015

journal_volume

114

pub_type

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