TY - JOUR
T1 - Unraveling the Biology of Auditory Learning
T2 - A Cognitive-Sensorimotor-Reward Framework
AU - Kraus, Nina
AU - White-Schwoch, Travis
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Trent Nicol for his input on the manuscript and to colleagues in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, past and present, for the many experiments and conversations that motivated this framework. Supported by the NIH (R01 HD069414), the NSF (BCS 1430400), and the Knowles Hearing Center.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - The auditory system is stunning in its capacity for change: a single neuron can modulate its tuning in minutes. Here we articulate a conceptual framework to understand the biology of auditory learning where an animal must engage cognitive, sensorimotor, and reward systems to spark neural remodeling. Central to our framework is a consideration of the auditory system as an integrated whole that interacts with other circuits to guide and refine life in sound. Despite our emphasis on the auditory system, these principles may apply across the nervous system. Understanding neuroplastic changes in both normal and impaired sensory systems guides strategies to improve everyday communication.
AB - The auditory system is stunning in its capacity for change: a single neuron can modulate its tuning in minutes. Here we articulate a conceptual framework to understand the biology of auditory learning where an animal must engage cognitive, sensorimotor, and reward systems to spark neural remodeling. Central to our framework is a consideration of the auditory system as an integrated whole that interacts with other circuits to guide and refine life in sound. Despite our emphasis on the auditory system, these principles may apply across the nervous system. Understanding neuroplastic changes in both normal and impaired sensory systems guides strategies to improve everyday communication.
KW - Auditory learning
KW - Language development
KW - Language impairment
KW - Neuroplasticity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.017
DO - 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.017
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26454481
AN - SCOPUS:84945911785
VL - 19
SP - 642
EP - 654
JO - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
SN - 1364-6613
IS - 11
ER -