Stochastic Model Explains the Role of Excitation and Inhibition in Binaural Sound Localization in Mammals

Abstract

Interaural time differences, the differences of arrival time of the sound at the two ears, provide a major cue for low-frequency sound localization in the horizontal plane.

Keywords

• coincidence detection
• directional hearing
• interaural time delay
• medial superior olive
• stochastic neuronal model