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Objects are the building blocks of experience, but what do we mean by an object? Increasingly, neuroscientists refer to 'auditory objects', yet it is not clear what properties these should possess, how they might be represented in the brain, or how they might relate to the more familiar objects of vision. The concept of an auditory object challenges our understanding of object perception. Here, we offer a critical perspective on the concept and its basis in the brain.
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T.D.G. is supported by the Wellcome Trust. J.D.W. is supported by an EC Grant to the APOPIS Consortium. R. Patterson suggested the use of the Oxford English Dictionary. We thank D. Poeppel, B. Horwitz and three anonymous reviewers for stimulating comments.
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Griffiths, T., Warren, J. What is an auditory object?. Nat Rev Neurosci 5, 887–892 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn1538
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