Llano Laboratory
@llanolab.bsky.social
We study the functional organization of the auditory system at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We are particularly interested in top-down modulation and the impact of aging. Visit at llanolab.com
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Our paper is out now in J Neuroscience (currently in "accepted paper" form). We directly record single neurons in human insula, as well as primary auditory cortex, while participants passively listen to simple sounds. @sfnjournals.bsky.social www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... (1/5) 🧠📈🧵👇
The human insula reimagined: Single neurons respond to simple sounds during passive listening
The insula is critical for integrating sensory information from the body with that arising from the environment. Although previous studies suggested that posterior insula is sensitive to sounds, these...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our paper is out now in J Neuroscience (currently in "accepted paper" form). We directly record single neurons in human insula, as well as primary auditory cortex, while participants passively listen to simple sounds. @sfnjournals.bsky.social www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... (1/5) 🧠📈🧵👇
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Excited to share our latest work, out now @jneurolang.bsky.social . We find "fuzzier" representations of phonemes in middle-aged adults despite normal hearing, driven in part by peripheral neural coding deficits. In collaboration with @soundbrainlab.bsky.social
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Reduced neural distinctiveness of speech representations in the middle-aged brain
Abstract. Speech perception can decline in middle age even when hearing thresholds remain normal, and the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are not well understood. In line with the age-related ne...
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April 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excited to share our latest work, out now @jneurolang.bsky.social . We find "fuzzier" representations of phonemes in middle-aged adults despite normal hearing, driven in part by peripheral neural coding deficits. In collaboration with @soundbrainlab.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/nol/article/...
direct.mit.edu/nol/article/...
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Our new work investigating multiplexing and mixed selectivity in auditory inferior colliculus neurons is up on bioRxiv 🎉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Neurons in the inferior colliculus use multiplexing to encode features of frequency-modulated sweeps
Within the central auditory pathway, the inferior colliculus (IC) is a critical integration center for ascending sound information. Previous studies have shown that many IC neurons exhibit receptive f...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our new work investigating multiplexing and mixed selectivity in auditory inferior colliculus neurons is up on bioRxiv 🎉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...