Ellen Covey’s discovery of neurons in the mammalian brainstem that focus on new, novel sounds, therefore helping humans and other animals ignore ongoing, predictable sounds is featured in University Week.

Covey and her colleagues, Dr. Manuel Malmierca and doctoral student David Perez-Gonzalez, University of Salamanca, report their findings in the December issue of the European Journal of Neuroscience. http://uwnews.org/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?articleID=13947