Josef Rauschecker

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Since the early stages of my career, my research interests have been in the functional specialization of the cerebral cortex and the plasticity of sensory systems (Rauschecker, Nature, 1979, 1987). I have pioneered work on cross-modal plasticity and sensory substitution in early deafness and blindness (Rauschecker, TINS, 1995), and this has been my longest continuous line of research. I developed the first dual-stream model of auditory cortical processing in nonhuman primates (Rauschecker & Tian, PNAS, 2000) as well as models of speech and music processing in humans (Rauschecker & Scott, Nature Neuroscience, 2009). I have 30 years of experience in single-unit electrophysiology of nonhuman primates, and 25 years of experience with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the human auditory system. In addition to my studies in basic cognitive and systems neuroscience, I have experience with research on translational topics in auditory and neurological disorders, including cochlear implants (Rauschecker & Shannon, 2002). Through functional and structural imaging studies in humans, I have discovered the role of frontostriatal gating in tinnitus, which has become one of the leading models of tinnitus (Rauschecker et al., Neuron, 2010; Leaver et al., Neuron, 2011). I have numerous high-impact publications in peer-reviewed journals and have been the mentor of >30 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. My work has been funded continuously by grants from the National Institutes of Health (USA), the National Science Foundation (USA), as well as by private foundations.