Recent Publications of Binaural Physiology Lab


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Publications
Recent papers

Moore, J.M., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T.  (2008) Can measures of sound localization acuity be related to the precision of absolute location estimates?  Hear. Res.  238: 94-109. [full text] [abstract]

Joris, P. and Yin, T.C.T.   (2007) A matter of time: internal delays in binaural processing.  Trends in Neurosci. 30: 70-78.  [full text] [abstract]

Tollin, D.J. and Yin, T.C.T. (2005) Interaural phase and level difference sensitivity in low-frequency neurons in the lateral superior olive.  J. Neurosci. 25: 10648-10657. [full text]  [abstract]

Heffner H.E., Heffner R.S., Tollin D.J., Populin L.C., Moore J.M., Ruhland J.L., Yin T.C.T.  (2005) The sound-localization ability of cats. J Neurophysiol. 94: 3653-3655 (Letter to Editor). [full text]

Tollin, D.J., Populin, L.C., Moore, J., Ruhland, J.L., and Yin, T.C.T.  (2005) Sound localization performance in the cat: the effect of restraining the head.  J. Neurophysiol. 93: 1223-1234. [full text] [abstract]   [Editorial focus comment]

Dent, M.L.,  Tollin, D.J.  and Yin, T.C.T.  (2005) Psychophysical and physiological studies of the precedence effect in cats.  Acta Acustica  91: 463-470

 

Dent, M.L., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T.  (2004) Cats exhibit the Franssen effect illusion.  J. Acoust. Soc. Amer.  116: 3070-3074. [full text] [abstract]

Populin, L.C., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T. (2004)  Effect of eye position on saccades and neuronal responses to acoustic stimuli in the superior colliculus of the behaving cat.  J Neurophysiol. 92: 2151-216.  [full text] [abstract]

Tollin, D.J., Populin, L.C., and Yin, T.C.T. (2004) Neural correlates of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of behaving cats.  J. Neurophysiol.  92: 3286-3297.  [full text] [abstract]

Batra, R. and Yin, T.C.T. (2004) Cross-correlation by neurons in the medial superior olive: a re-examination.  J. Assoc. Research Otolaryngol. 5: 238-252. [full text] [abstract]

Yin, T.C.T. (2004) Buried in the noise. Focus on "temporal properties of responses to broadband noise in the auditory nerve". J Neurophysiol. 91:1934-5. [full text]

Tollin D.J. and Yin T.C.T.  (2003) Spectral cues explain illusory elevation effects with stereo sounds in cats, J. Neurophysiol.  90: 525-530. [full text] [abstract]  [Editorial focus comment]

Tollin, D.J.  and Yin, T.C.T.  (2003) Psychophysical investigation of an auditory spatial illusion in cats: the precedence effect, J Neurophysiol.  90: 2149 - 2162. [full text] [abstract]

Tollin, D.J. (2003).  The lateral superior olive: A functional role in sound source localization, The Neuroscientist 9(2):127-143. [full text] [abstract]

Tollin, D.J. and Yin, T.C.T. (2002) The coding of spatial location by single units in the lateral superior olive of the cat. I. Spatial receptive fields in azimuth. J. Neurosci. 22: 1454-1467. [full text] [abstract]

Tollin, D.J. and Yin, T.C.T.
 (2002) The coding of spatial location by single units in the lateral superior olive of the cat. II. The determinants of spatial receptive fields in azimuth. J. Neurosci. 22: 1468-1479. [full text] [abstract]

Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T.
 (2002) Bimodal interactions in the superior colliculus of the behaving cat. J. Neurosci. 22: 2826-2834. [full text] [abstract]

Delgutte, B., Joris, P.X., Litovsky, R.Y. and Yin, T.C.T.  (1999) Responses to virtual-space stimuli in the cat inferior colliculus. I. Types of sensitivity and binaural interactions. J. Neurophysiol. 81: 2833-2851. [full text] [abstract]

Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1999) Kinematics of eye movements of cats to broadband acoustic targets. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 955-962. [full text] [abstract]

Joris, P.X. and Yin, Tom C.T.   (1998) Envelope coding in the lateral superior olive. III. Comparison with afferent pathways. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 253-269. [full text] [abstract]

Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1998) Behavioral studies of sound localization in the behaving cat. J. Neurosci. 18: 2147-2160. [full text] [abstract]

Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1998) Pinna movements of the cat during sound localization. J. Neurosci. 18: 4233-4243. [full text] [abstract]

Smith, P.H., Joris, P.X. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1998) Anatomy and physiology of principal cells of the cat medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB). J. Neurophysiol. 79: 3127-3142. [full text] [abstract]

Litovsky, R.Y. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1998) Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the cat: I. Correlates of psychophysics. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 1285-1301. [full text] [abstract]

Litovsky, R.Y. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1998) Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the cat: II. Neural mechanisms. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 1302-1316. [full text] [abstract]

Joris, P.X., Smith, P.H. and Yin, T.C.T.  (1998) Coincidence detection in the auditory system: 50 years after Jeffress. Neuron 21: 1235-1238. [full text]

Joris, P.X.  (1998)  Response classes in the dorsal cochlear nucleus and its output tract in the chloralose-anesthetized cat. J. Neurosci., 18: 3955-3966. [full text] [abstract]

Joris, P.X. and Smith, P.H.  (1998) Temporal and binaural properties in dorsal cochlear nucleus and its output tract. J. Neurosci., 18: 10157-10170. [full text] [abstract]

Litovsky, R.Y.   (1998)  Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the kitten. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 103: 3139-3152. [full text]  [abstract]

Litovsky, R.Y., Rakerd, B., Yin, T.C.T. and Hartmann, W.M.   (1997)Psychophysical and physiological evidence for a precedence effect in the median sagittal plane. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 2223-2226. [full text] [abstract]

Kuwada, S., Batra, R., Yin, T.C.T., Oliver, D.L., Haberly, L.B., and Stanford, T.R.   (1997) Intracellular recordings in response to monaural and binaural stimulation of neurons in the inferior colliculus of the cat. J. Neurosci. 17: 7565-7581. [full text] [abstract]

Joris, P.X.   (1996)  Envelope coding in the lateral superior olive. II. Characteristic delays and comparison with responses in the medial superior olive  J. Neurophysiol. 76: 2137-2156. [abstract] [full text]

Populin, L.C.   (1996)  Sound localization and sensorimotor integration in the behaving cat. Ph.D. Thesis, Madison: University of Wisconsin.

Greenwood, D.D. and Joris, P.X.   (1996)  Mechanical and "temporal" filtering as codeterminants of the response by cat primary fibers to amplitude-modulated signals. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 99: 1029-1039 .[abstract]

Joris, P.X. and Yin, T.C.T.  (1995)  Envelope coding in the lateral superior olive. I. Sensitivity to interaural time differences. J. Neurophysiol. 73: 1043-1062. [full text[abstract]

Populin, L. and Yin, T.C.T.   (1995) Topographical organization of the motoneuron pools that innervate the muscles of the pinna of the cat. J. Comp. Neurol. 363: 600-614.[abstract]

Joris, P.X., Carney, L.H., Smith, P.H. and Yin, T.C.T.    (1994)  Enhancement of neural synchronization in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus. I. Responses to tones at the characteristic frequency. J. Neurophysiol. 71: 1022-1036, 1994.[full text[abstract]

Joris, P.X., Smith, P.H., and Yin, T.C.T.  (1994) Enhancement of neural synchronization in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus. II. Responses to tones in the tuning curve tail. J. Neurophysiol. 71: 1037-1051. [full text[abstract]

Yin, T.C.T.   (1994) Physiological correlates of the precedence effect and summing localization in the inferior colliculus of the cat. J. Neurosci. 14: 5170-5186. [full text] [abstract]




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Recent abstracts

Tollin, D.J. and Yin, T.C.T. Spatial receptive fields in the lateral superior olive of the cat. Soc. Neurosci. 25: 267.13, 1999. [poster]

Tollin, D.J., Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T. Neural correlates of the precedence effect and echo threshold in the inferior colliculus of the behaving cat. Soc. Neuroscience 30: 161.5, 2000. [poster]

Populin, L.C., Tollin, D.J., Moore, J. and Yin, T.C.T. Behavioral studies of sound localization in cats with unrestrained heads. Soc. Neurosci. 30: 161.4, 2000. [poster]

Tollin, D.J., Joris, P.X. and Yin, T.C.T. Coding of interaural phase differences in low-frequency cells in the lateral superior olive of the cat. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Mid-Winter meeting, 2000. [poster]

Tollin, D.J. and Yin, T.C.T. Comparison of the response properties of the principal cells of the lateral superior olive (LSO) and the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB). Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Mid-Winter meeting, 24:201, 2001. [poster]

Tollin, DJ and Yin, TCT (2002). Psychophysical and physiological studies of illusory sound localization phenomena in the cat, Central Auditory Processing: Integration of Auditory and Non-auditory Information, Monte Verita/Ascona, Switzerland, May 12-15, 2002.

Moore J, Tollin DJ, and Yin TCT (2002).  Comparison of relative and absolute measures of sound localization in cats obtained under identical acoustic conditions. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. Mid-Winter Meeting, 2002. [Abstract]

Tollin, D.J., Dent, M.L., and Yin, T.C.T. (2003).  Psychophysical and physiological studies of the precedence effect and echo threshold in the behaving cat. XIII International Symposium on Hearing, Seillac, France.

Dent, M.L., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T. (2003).  The localization of single and multiple source stimuli by cats.  First Conference on Acoustic Communication by Animals, College Park, MD, July 27-30.

Tollin, DJ and Yin, TCT (2003).  Joint psychophysical and physiological investigations of the precedence effect and echo threshold in the inferior colliculus of the behaving cat, Assoc. Res. Otol. Vol 26.[Abstract]

Dent, ML, Tollin, DJ, and Yin, TCT (2003).  The localization of single and multiple source stimuli by cats, Assoc. Res. Otol. Vol 26.[Abstract]

Karnani, M, Tollin, DJ, and Yin, TCT (2003).  Binaural processing of interaural level differences in the inferior colliculus of the cat, Assoc. Res. Otol. Vol 26. [Abstract]

Dent, M.L., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T. (2004).  The influence of sound source position on free-field measurements of the precedence effect in cats. Assoc. Res. in Otolaryngol., 27: 816.  [poster]

Yin, T.C.T., Tollin, D.J., and Dent, M.L. (2004).  Physiological correlates of behavior in the inferior colliculus: studies of the precedence effect. Assoc. Res. in Otolaryngol., 27: 1611

Tollin, D.J., Ruhland, J., Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T. (2004) Gaze shifts of the cat to auditory and visual stimuli.  Soc. Neurosci.  34: 651.16. [poster]

Yin, T.C.T. and Tollin, D.J.  (2005) The vestibulo-auricular reflex (VAR).  Soc. Neurosci. 35: 44.1   [poster]

Ruhland, J., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T.  (2005) The effects of stimulus duration, level and spectral content on sound localization in cats.  Assoc. Res. in Otolaryngol., 28: 958.  [poster]

Tollin, D.J. and Yin, T.C.T.  (2006) Low-frequency, interaural-delay sensitive neurons in the lateral superior olive act as coincidence detectors.  Soc. Neurosci. 36: 544.15. [poster]


Book Chapters


Smith, P.H., Joris, P.X., Banks, M.I., and Yin, T.C.T. Responses of cochlear nucleus cells and projections of their axons. In The Mammalian Cochlear Nuclei: Organization and Function. M. Merchan, J.M. Juis and D.A. Godfrey, Eds. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 349-360, 1993.

Yin, T.C.T. Audition. In Neuroscience in Medicine P. Michael Conn, Ed. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., pp. 485-499, 1994.

Delgutte, B., Joris, P.X., Litovsky, R.Y. and Yin, T.C.T. Relative importance of different acoustic cues to the directional sensitivity of inferior colliculus neurons. In Advances in Hearing Research. G.A. Manley, G.M. Klump, C. Koeppl, H. Fastl, and H. Oeckinghaus, Eds. Singapore: World Scientific Pub., pp. 288-299, 1995.

Yin, T.C.T. and Litovsky, R.Y. Physiological studies of the precedence effect in the inferior colliculus of the cat. In Advances in Hearing Research. G.A. Manley, G.M. Klump, C. Koeppl, H. Fastl, and H. Oeckinghaus, Eds. Singapore: World Scientific Pub., pp. 314-323, 1995.

Yin, T.C.T. and Smith, P.H. Electrophysiology of the central auditory system. Handbook of Acoustics. M.J. Crocker, Ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., pp. 1389-1400, 1997.

Yin, T.C.T., Joris, P.X., Smith, P.H. and Chan, J.C.K. Neuronal processing for coding interaural time disparities. In
Binaural and Spatial Hearing in Real and Virtual Environments R. Gilkey and T. Anderson, Eds. New York: Erlbaum Press, pp. 427-445, 1997.

Yin, T.C.T. and Populin, L.C. Sound localization and pinna movements in the behaving cat. In Acoustical Signal Processing in the Central Auditory System. J. Syka, Ed. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 399-405, 1997.

Yin, T.C.T. and Populin, L.C. Behavioral and physiological studies of sound localization. In Central Auditory Processing and Neural Modeling. J.Brugge and P. Poon, Eds., New York: Plenum Press, pp. 117-127, 1998.

Populin, L.C. and Yin, T.C.T. Sensitivity of auditory cells in the superior colliculus to eye position in the behaving cat. In Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing. A.R. Palmer, A. Rees, A.Q. Summerfield, and R. Meddis, Eds. London: Whurr Publishers, pp. 441-448, 1998.

Tollin, D.J. AND Yin, T.C.T. Investigation of spatial location coding in the lateral superior olive using virtual space stimulation. In Physiological and Psychophysical Bases of Auditory Function. D.J. Breebaart, A.J.M. Houtsma, A. Kohlrausch, V.F. Prisj, and R. Schoonhoven, Eds. Maastricht: Shaker Publishing BV, pp. 236-243, 2001. [full text]

Yin, T.C.T. Neural mechanisms of encoding binaural localization cues in the auditory brainstem. In Integrative Functions in the Mammalian Auditory Pathway , D. Oertel, A.N. Popper, and R.R. Fay, Eds. Springer-Verlag, Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, pp. 99-159, 2002. [full text]

Yin, T.C.T.  Audition.  In Neuroscience in Medicine, 2nd edition,  P. Michael Conn, Ed.  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., pp. 541-556, 2003.

Tollin, D.J., Dent, M.L. and Yin, T.C.T.  Psychophysical and physiological studies of the precedence effect and echo threshold in the behaving cat, Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychophysics, and Models, D. Pressnitzer, A. de Cheveigne, S. McAdams, and L. Collet (Eds.), Springer, NY., pp. 429-435, 2005 (in press).

Yin, T.C.T. and May, B.J.  Acoustic behavior and midbrain function.  In The Inferior Colliculus, J.A. Winer, C.E. Schreiner, A.N. Popper and R.R. Fay, Eds.  Springer-Verlag, Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, pp. 426-458, 2005 (in press).




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