Brain Responses to Auditory Mismatch and Novelty Detection. Predictive Coding from Cocktail Parties to Auditory-Related Disorders

Table of Contents

1. A primer on predictive coding and network modeling 2. Setting the stage: Cocktail parties, auditory streaming, mismatch negativity, and stimulus specific adaptation. 3. Neural adaptation and forward masking along the auditory pathway 4. Animal studies of deviance detection along the auditory pathway 5. Auditory cortical event-related potentials in the human brain 6. Development and maturation aspects of predictive coding 7. Role of event-related potentials and brain rhythms in predictive coding 8. Predictive coding in autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia 9. Predictive coding in aging, tinnitus, MCI and Alzheimer's disease 10. Brain networks involved in deviance and novelty detection. Are they sensory modality specific? 11. Predictive coding in music, speech, and language 12. Network changes underlying neural disorders. Relation to the MMN networks Appendix. A primer on cortical auditory evoked potentials and magnetic fields

Authors

Jos J. Eggermont Emeritus Professor, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Dr. Jos J. Eggermont is an Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Psychology at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Dr. Eggermont is one of the most renowned scientists in the field of the auditory system and his work has contributed substantially to the current knowledge about hearing loss. His research comprises most aspects of audition with an emphasis on the electrophysiology of the auditory system in experimental animals. He has published over 225 scientific articles, authored/edited 10 books, and contributed to over 100 book chapters all focusing on the auditory system.