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Behavioral and Physiological Studies of Sound Localization in the Cat

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Central Auditory Processing and Neural Modeling

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Physiological studies of the auditory system have traditionally focussed on understanding the mechanisms of action in the peripheral auditory system, from observations of the traveling wave down the basilar membrane (von Bekesy, 1960) to the transduction of vibrations by the inner hair cells (Russell and Sellick, 1978) and the subsequent coding of sound stimuli by auditory nerve fibers (Sachs and Young, 1979). The neuronal processing in the central auditory system has not received as much attention as in the visual system, with the possible exception of studies in the auditory cortex of the echolocating bat (Suga et al., this volume). Moreover, while there have been a large number of studies of the visual system using behaving animals, very few studies in the auditory system have exploited the benefits of this preparation.

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  1. Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Tom C. T. Yin & Luis C. Populin

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Yin, T.C.T., Populin, L.C. (1998). Behavioral and Physiological Studies of Sound Localization in the Cat. In: Poon, P.W.F., Brugge, J.F. (eds) Central Auditory Processing and Neural Modeling. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5351-9_11

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