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Learning and Brain Plasticity: Relevant Publications

Johnson KL, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2008) Developmental plasticity in the human auditory brainstem J Neurosci 28(15):4000-4007.

Song JH, Skoe E, Wong PCM, Kraus N. (in press) Plasticity in the adult human auditory brainstem following short-term linguistic training. J Cogn Neurosci DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20131

Musacchia G., Sams M., Skoe E., Kraus N. (2007) Musicians have enhanced subcortical auditory and audiovisual processing of speech and music. Pro Nat Acad Sci 104(40):15894-15898.

Kraus N & Banai K. (2007) Auditory processing malleability: Focus on language and music. Curr Dir Psychol Sci, 16: 105-109.

Wong PCM, Skoe E, Russo NM, Dees T, Kraus N. (2007) Musical experience shapes human brainstem encoding of linguistic pitch patterns. Nature Neurosci 10:420-422.

Nicol T, Kraus N (2005) How can the neural encoding and perception of speech be improved? In Plasticity and Signal Representation in the Auditory System,  Merzenich M and Syka J(eds.) Springer, New York, pp 259-270.

Russo N, Nicol T, Zecker S, Hayes E, Kraus N. (2005). Auditory Training Improves Neural Timing in the Human Brainstem. Behavioural Brain Research 156: 95-103.

Warrier CM, Johnson KL, Hayes E, Nicol T & Kraus N. (2004) Learning impaired children exhibit timing deficits and training-related improvements in auditory cortical responses to speech in noise. Experimental Brain Research 157: 431-441.

Hayes E, Warrier CM, Nicol T, Zecker SG & Kraus N. (2003) Neural plasticity following auditory training in children with learning problems. Clinical Neurophysiology 114:673-684.

Tremblay KL & Kraus N. (2002) Auditory training induces asymmetrical changes in cortical neural activity. J Speech Lang Hear Res 45:564-572. 

Kraus N. (2001) Auditory pathway encoding and neural plasticity in children with learning problems. Audiol Neuro-Otol 6:221-227. 

Tremblay K, Kraus N, McGee TJ, Ponton CW & Otis B. (2001) Central auditory plasticity: changes in the N1-P2 complex after speech-sound training. Ear Hear 22:79-90.

Kraus N. (1999) Speech sound perception, neurophysiology, and plasticity. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 47:123-129. 

Kraus N. (1999) Speech-sound perceptual learning. The Hearing Journal 52:64-66. 

Kraus N. (1999) Learning and perceiving speech sounds. Brain Mechanisms and Disorders in Language Comprehension, 10-11.

Tremblay K, Kraus N & McGee T. (1998) The time course of auditory perceptual learning: neurophysiological changes during speech-sound training. Neuroreport 9:3557-60.

Kraus N, McGee TJ & Koch DB. (1998) Speech sound perception and learning: biologic bases. Scand Audiol Suppl 49:7-17. 

Harrison R, Kraus N, Lutkenhoner B, Rajan R, Schreiner C, eds. (1998) Functional Organization and Plasticity of the Auditory Cortex, Audiology and Neuro-Otology, 3.

Kraus N, McGee T, Koch, D. (1998) Biologic bases of speech-sound  perception and learning. Scandinavian  Audiology 27: 7-17.

Tremblay K, Kraus N, Carrell TD & McGee T. (1997) Central auditory system plasticity: generalization to novel stimuli following listening training. J Acoust Soc Amer 102:3762-3773. 

Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, King C & Tremblay K. (1995) Central auditory system plasticity associated with speech discrimination training. J Cogn Neurosci 7:27-34. 

Disterhoft JF, Shipley MD, Kraus N (1983) Analyzing the rabbit NM conditioned reflex arc.  In Woody CD (ed):  Conditioning:  Representation of Involved Neural Functions.  Plenum, New York, pp 443-449.

Kraus N, Disterhoft JF. (1982) Response plasticity of single neurons in rabbit auditory association cortex during tone signalled learning.  Brain Res, 246:205-215.