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This study reveals that neural noise correlations differ between primary auditory cortex (A1) and the middle lateral belt (ML) during auditory processing. Engagement increases noise in ML while decreasing it in A1, impacting sound coding differently across auditory areas.

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  • Auditory Perception
  • Neural Coding

Background:

  • Existing models of auditory cortical (AC) population coding primarily focus on the primary auditory cortex (A1), leaving understanding of hierarchical processing incomplete.
  • Investigating how neural coding strategies vary across different AC fields is crucial for a comprehensive model of auditory processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare population coding strategies between the primary auditory cortex (A1) and the middle lateral belt (ML) in rhesus macaques.
  • To elucidate how neural noise correlations and their impact on sound encoding change with increasing cortical hierarchy and attentional states.

Main Methods:

  • Recorded neural activity from A1 and ML in rhesus macaques during passive listening and an active auditory detection task.
  • Measured neuronal tuning to amplitude-modulated (AM) noise and quantified noise correlations (r_noise) between simultaneously recorded neurons.
  • Analyzed the relationship between r_noise, neural tuning properties, and AM coding efficiency in both AC fields.

Main Results:

  • Neurons in both A1 and ML showed monotonic AM-depth tuning, with distinct distributions of tuning function types between areas.
  • Attentional engagement decreased average r_noise in A1 but unexpectedly increased it in ML.
  • Engagement-related shifts in r_noise enhanced AM coding in A1, while having minimal effect in ML.

Conclusions:

  • The impact of neural noise correlations on sensory coding differs significantly between auditory cortical fields, influenced by local neuronal tuning properties.
  • The hierarchical increase in r_noise observed in ML may facilitate the integration of sensory information with cognitive variables like attention and choice.
  • These findings underscore the necessity of considering the diversity of neural structures and their unique coding strategies in hierarchical sensory processing.