The neurons encoding these differences-called interaural time differences (ITDs) - receive a message from each ear.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Or maybe we'll call it "improve sound localisation by increasing interaural distance" or something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Hacks: Japanese War Tuba Hack] Reference

Takahashi TT, Konishi M (1986) Selectivity for interaural time difference in the owl's midbrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Konishi M (1990) A circuit for detection of interaural time differences in the brain stem of the barn owl.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

We assume that the left and right LLDp contribute only the energy-independent interaural envelope difference.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Knudsen EI, Esterly SD (1989) Neural maps of interaural time and intensity differences in the optic tectum of the barn owl.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Takahashi TT, Konishi M (1987) Representation of interaural time difference in the central nucleus of the barn owl's inferior colliculus.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Wagner H (1992) On the ability of neurons in the barn owl's inferior colliculus to sense brief appearances of interaural time difference.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Specifically, ILD is computed using the interaural difference of a logarithmic function of the energy of the signals in each frequency channel.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Adolphs R (1993) Bilateral inhibition generates neuronal responses tuned to interaural level differences in the auditory brainstem of the barn owl.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Peña JL, Konishi M (1997) Effects of interaural intensity difference on the processing of interaural time differences in the owl's nucleus laminaris.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Poganiatz I, Nelken I, Wagner H (2001) Sound-localization experiments with barn owls in virtual space: influence of interaural time difference on head-turning behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Takahashi TT (2003) Frequency-specific interaural level difference tuning predicts spatial response patterns of space-specific neurons in the barn owl inferior colliculus.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

It simulates the interaural time difference and frequency characteristics of an acoustical space, and moves the sound image localization outside your head when using headphones.    From Wordnik.com.  [2BakSa.Net] Reference

The new model adds interaural-crosstalk cancellation to the left and right channels to enhance the surround experience and widen the soundstage for two-channel sources, Polk said.    From Wordnik.com.  [TWICE - Digital Imaging News] Reference

ICcl neurons add a function of the running cross-correlation with another function of the interaural level difference and energy envelope and pass the result through a spiking nonlinearity to produce the probability of spiking.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Conventional stereo recordings do not factor in natural ear spacing or "head-shadow" of the head and ears, since these things happen naturally as a person listens, generating their own ITDs (interaural time differences) and ILDs (interaural level differences).    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference

4 Dominick P. P.rpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America A multiplicative combination of tuning to interaural time difference (ITD) and interaural level difference (ILD) contributes to the generation of spatially selective auditory neurons in the owl's midbrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Space-specific neurons in the barn owl's auditory space map gain spatial selectivity as a result of tuning to combinations of the interaural time difference (ITD) and interaural level difference (ILD.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

(1997) Across-frequency nonlinear inhibition by GABA in processing of interaural time difference.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The response fields of each are described in frequency X amplitude response plots ascending pathways of the mammalian auditory system the 'where' of sound - sound source localization by comparison of inputs to the left and right ears interaural time interaural level difference (ITD) difference (ILD) not useful for low frequency not useful for persistent high sounds as their amplitude is less frequency sounds (> 2000 Hz) as impacted by the head hair cell responses do not oscillate in response to high frequency tones what about sound source height? brainstem processing of auditory information yields sound source localization The organization of cochlear nucleus outputs to the brainstem yields responses to interaural time differences in medial superior olive neurons and interaural level differences in lateral superior olive neurons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference