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J Neurophysiol 80: 1285-1301, 1998;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 80 No. 3 September 1998, pp. 1285-1301
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society

Physiological Studies of the Precedence Effect in the Inferior Colliculus of the Cat. I. Correlates of Psychophysics

Ruth Y. Litovsky and Tom C. T. Yin

Department of Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Litovsky, Ruth Y. and Tom C. T. Yin. Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the cat. I. Correlates of psychophysics. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 1285-1301, 1998. The precedence effect (PE) is experienced when two spatially separated sounds are presented with such a brief delay that only a single auditory image at or toward the location of the leading source is perceived. The responses of neurons in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICC) of cats were studied using stimuli that are known to elicit the PE, focusing on the effects of changes in stimulus conditions that a listener might encounter in a natural situation. Experiments were conducted under both free-field (anechoic chamber) and dichotic (headphones) conditions. In free field, the PE was simulated by presenting two sounds from different loudspeakers with one sound delayed relative to the other. Either click or noise stimuli (2- to 10-ms duration) were used. Dichotically, the same conditions were simulated by presenting two click or noise pairs separated by an interstimulus delay (ISD) with interaural time differences (ITDs) imposed separately for each pair. At long ISDs, all neurons responded to both leading and lagging sources as if they were delivered alone. As the ISDs were shortened, the lagging response became suppressed. The ISD of half-maximal suppression varied considerably within the population of neurons studied, ranging from 2 to 100 ms, with means of 35 and 38 ms for free field and dichotic conditions, respectively. Several correlates of psychophysical findings were observed in ICC neurons: suppression was usually stronger with lower overall stimulus level and longer duration stimuli. Suppression also was compared along the azimuth and elevation in free field by placing the lagging source at (0°,0°), which is common to both axes, and the leading sources at locations along either plane that generated similar discharge rates. All neurons that showed suppression along the azimuth also did so in the elevation. In addition, there was a high correlation in the ISD of half-maximal suppression along the two planes (r = 0.87). These findings suggest that interaural difference cues, which are robust along the horizontal axis but minimal in the median plane, are not necessary for neural correlates of the PE to be manifested. Finally, single-neuron responses did not demonstrate a correlate of build-up of suppression, a phenomenon whereby echo suppression accumulates with ongoing stimulation. This finding adds credibility to theories about the PE that argue for a "higher order" component of the PE.




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