Merri J. Rosen

Intelligible distracting speech disrupts early auditory attention

The paper shows that intelligible speech masks auditory attention more than scrambled speech, even when acoustic features are matched, suggesting early sensory filtering plays a role.

Characterizing Behavioral Effects of Early-Life Stress in an Animal Model of Auditory Processing

This study examines the behavioral effects of early-life stress in Mongolian gerbils, finding reduced anxiety, impaired recognition memory, and improved spatial memory with sex-specific differences.

Developmental and Early-Life Stress-Induced Effects on 5-HT3R-Expressing Interneurons within Auditory Cortex

This study examines how early-life stress affects 5-HT3R-expressing interneurons in the auditory cortex during critical periods, showing increased cell density and Htr3a expression in VIP neurons under stress.

Increased reliance on temporal coding when target sound is softer than the background

The paper investigates how auditory cortex neurons decode target sounds in fluctuating noise, finding that temporal coding becomes more important at lower signal-to-noise ratios.

Early-Life Stress Impairs Perception and Neural Encoding of Rapid Signals in the Auditory Pathway

This study shows that early-life stress impairs auditory perception and neural encoding of rapid signals in Mongolian gerbils.