How The Brain Separates Audio Signals From Noise
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 00:35
in Biology & Nature
How are we able to follow a single conversation in the midst of a crowded and noisy room? Little is known about how the human brain accomplishes the seemingly simple task of extracting meaningful signals from noisy acoustic environments. Scientists provide an important advance towards solving this mystery by discovering the neural correlates of conscious auditory perception.