Auditory Cortical Function: Insights from Current Approaches

Over the last decade, an expanding array of innovative approaches has been used to explore the organization, processing, and behavioral/perceptual contributions of the auditory cortex in various animal models. Several investigators were invited to present an overview of current developments in the field of auditory cortical processing at the occasion of Acoustics 2012 Hong Kong held 14–18 May 2012. In this article, a brief overview of five different aspects of these influential approaches represented at that meeting are presented to provide a mosaic of current progress in our understanding of auditory cortical function.