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The single unit technique is a relatively recent development which involves recording the temporal pattern of nerve impulse discharges from individual neurons. Its use in investigating the auditory cortex has provided a more detailed picture of the activity of the population of cortical neurons than that obtainable by previous techniques. The advantage of a more detailed look at cortical neural activity is tempered by the need for the collection and processing of great volumes of data. The researcher is usually aided by a computer, but even so, as we shall see, the diversity of the properties of the individual elements is such that the task of obtaining a reasonably systematic picture of the functional aspects of the cortical population appears Herculean. Developing theories or finding models for the functional properties of the auditory cortical neurons is equally difficult.
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Goldstein, M.H., Abeles, M. (1975). Single Unit Activity of the Auditory Cortex. In: Keidel, W.D., Neff, W.D. (eds) Auditory System. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 5 / 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65995-9_4
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