Modeling stimulus-response functions in the auditory system

In this paper we describe a novel approach to evaluate stimulus-response functions of neurons in the auditory system. This method can account for spectral and other features of acoustic stimuli, e.g. amplitude of sound envelope, sound direction, etc. This approach allows us to investigate the Importance of a diverse set of stimulus features for processing sounds by auditory neurons. It also allows for the design of stimulus-response filters based on neuronal receptive fields, i.e., "neurolets", which are described here as examples of potentially new sound processing methods inspired by neuronal processing.