Echoes as Signal, Not Noise: Reverberation Sharpens Sensitivity to Temporal Structure
Peirun Song, Lingling Zhang, Yuanhao Huang, Haoxuan Xu, Yuying Zhai, Xuehui Bao, Hangting Ye, Ishrat Mehmood, Nayaab Shahir Pandit, Yanyan Wang, Zhiyi Tu, Pei Chen, Tingting Zhang, Xuan Zhao, Xiongjie Yu
This study identifies echo-facilitated temporal sensitivity (EFTS) as a mechanism where echoes enhance the auditory system's ability to detect rapid temporal changes in sound.
bioRxiv · Dec 17, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience