Responses of the Auditory Cortex to Repetitive Acoustic Stimuli

Abstract

Electrical responses to low‐intensity repetitive clicks and bursts of noise were recorded from the cat auditory cortex. Responses decrease in size as the repetition rate is increased, and for rates higher than 50/sec are smaller than the “ongoing” activity of the cortex and become difficult to detect visually. An electronic average response computer was used to detect responses to high rates of stimulation. Stimulus‐locked responses to clicks and bursts of noise were found for rates up to 200/sec in unanesthetized cats, but only up to 100/sec after anesthetization.