Age and Learning Shapes Sound Representations in Auditory Cortex During Adolescence
Benedikt Praegel, Feng Chen, Adria Dym, Amichai Lavi-Rudel, Shaul Druckmann, Adi Mizrahi
This study shows that adolescent mice have less accurate and slower sound processing in auditory cortex during a difficult auditory discrimination task compared to adults, due to immature cortical representations and weaker cognitive control.
eLife · Sep 11, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience