Music, despite its ubiquitous familiarity, is surprisingly hard to define. Should one consider its acoustic features, the mechanics by which it is produced and performed, as well as the cultural norms attached to them, ...

The vital function of the heart during normal sinus rhythm relies on the spread of regular excitation waves within the cardiac muscle tissue, leading to an orderly contraction and efficient pumping action. These electrical ...

Even though information processing in the cortex most likely emerges from the collective interplay of billions of neurons, even basic properties of collective dynamics in cortical networks are still not known with certainty. ...

Ventricular fibrillation is a lethal cardiac arrhythmia that is one of the major causes of death worldwide. A prevalent treatment is the application of a high-energy shock using a cardiac defibrillator. These defibrillation ...

How complex natural sounds such as speech and vocalizations are encoded in the main converging center of the auditory midbrain is not yet fully understood. For multi-units, which are composed of several single neurons, ...

This thesis deals with black-box modeling techniques, in particular local models based on nearest neighbors, and Cluster Weighted Models, which combine a stochastic clustering of the input ...

Selective attention enables goal-directed behavior despite the permanent, immense input to the sensory system. Contradicting early speculations of an active attending and passive ignoring, ...