The Oxford handbook of auditory science. Vol. 2, The auditory brain / edited by Adrian Rees and Alan R. Palmer.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description
1 online resource (x, 580 pages) : illustrations (some color).

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Series
The Oxford handbook of auditory science ; v. 2
Summary note
'The Auditory Brain' is the second volume in 'The Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science'. It brings together some of the leading authorities in the world to describe what we know about the brain bases of hearing.
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
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English
Contents
  • Structural organization of the ascending auditory pathway / Manuel S. Malmierca and Troy A. Hackett
  • Structural organization of the descending auditory pathway / Brett R. Schofield
  • Central auditory neurotransmitters / Richard A. Altschuler and Susan E. Shore
  • Level and spectrum / Eric D. Young
  • Time varying sounds : amplitude envelope modulations / Brian Malone and Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Pitch / Xiaoqin Wang and Daniel Bendor
  • Ethological stimuli / Achim Klug and Benedikt Grothe
  • Speech / Sophie K. Scott and Donal G. Sinex
  • Formation of auditory streams / Yonatan I. Fishman and Mitchell Steinschneider --
  • Role of descending control in the auditory pathway / Jufang He and Yanqin Yu
  • Binaural localization cues / Tom Yin and Shigeyuki Kuwada
  • Sound location : monaural cues and spectral cues for elevation / Bradford J. May
  • Physiological correlates of the precedence effect and binaural masking level differences / Ruth Y. Litovsky and David McAlpine
  • Development of the auditory pathway / Douglas E.H. Hartley and Andrew J. King
  • Plasticity in the auditory pathway / Dexter R.F. Irvine
  • Aging changes in the central auditory system / Robert D. Frisina
  • The cognitive auditory cortex / Norman M. Weinberger
  • Emotional responses to auditory stimuli / Jorge L. Armony and Joseph E. LeDoux
  • Disorders of the auditory brain / Timothy D. Griffiths, Doris-Eva Bamiou, and Jason D. Warren
  • Tinnitus / Jos J. Eggermont
  • Auditory prostheses for the brainstem and midbrain / Robert V. Shannon.
Other title(s)
  • Auditory science
  • Auditory brain
ISBN
  • 9780191743481
  • 0191743488
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