The research philosophy we employ is the integration of experimental results and theoretical results such that both experiment and theory co-evolve giving rise to a holistic and emergent understanding of the phenomena being modeled.  The experimental domain is seen as the natural system and the abstract model as the formal system and the goal is to bring them into congruence (vis. Rosen's Modeling Relation).

In auditory streaming, the entry point into this kind of research approach starts with experimental auditory perceptual results involving simple tone and complex tone sequences combined with neurobiological data. By using simple and perhaps fundamental stimuli for the sensory modalities the essential properties of perception might be revealed.  These results are then interpreted in the context of cortical models such as neural fields possibly combined with other models at the level of patterns which self organize dependent on the global neural field activity in such a way that its emergent state is correlated with a perceptual state or situation. After this is accomplished, the entire model can be tested to see if it satisfies experimental results while providing new insights about our perceptual world.

Contact: Felix Almonte

References:

1. Integration and segregation in auditory streaming  Felix Almonte, Viktor K. Jirsa, Edward W. Large, Betty Tuller
   
2. Integration and segregation of perceptual and motor behavior  Viktor K. Jirsa & J. A. Scott Kelso
3. Perceptual-cognitive control as a special case in equivalent multisensory-sensorimotor  Viktor K. Jirsa