Journey into Auditory Neuroscience

The chapter delves into the speakers' initial meeting to discuss speech motor cortex involvement and speech perception, leading to a shared interest in auditory response using fMRI and ECoG. They reflect on their unexpected paths to becoming a neurosurgeon and a researcher, sparked by a seminar in systems neuroscience during medical school. The chapter explores their projects on cortical plasticity, auditory cortex development in response to noise rearing, and findings on induced forms of plasticity in animals exposed to different auditory environments.