Auditory Development And Plasticity: In Honor Of Edwin W Rubel (springer Handbook Of Auditory Research)
by Arthur N. Popper /
2017 / English / PDF
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This volume presents a set of essays that discuss the development
and plasticity of the vertebrate auditory system. The topic is one
that has been considered before in the Springer Handbook of
Auditory Research (volume 9 in 1998, and volume 23 in 2004) but the
field has grown substantially and it is appropriate to bring
previous material up to date to reflect the wealth of new data and
to raise some entirely new topics. At the same time, this volume is
also unique in that it is the outgrowth of a symposium honoring
two-time SHAR co-editor Professor Edwin W Rubel on his retirement.
The focus of this volume, though, is an integrated set of papers
that reflect the immense contributions that Dr. Rubel has made to
the field over his career. Thus, the volume concurrently
presents a topic that is timely for SHAR, but which also honors the
pioneer in the field. Each chapter explores development with
consideration of plasticity and how it becomes limited over time.
The editors have selected authors with professional, and often
personal, connections to Dr. Rubel, though all are, in their own
rights, outstanding scholars and leaders in their fields. The
specific audience will be graduate students, postdoctoral fellows,
and established psychologists and neuroscientists who are
interested in auditory function, development, and plasticity. This
volume will also be of interest to hearing scientists and to the
broad neuroscience community because many of the ideas and
principles associate with the auditory system are applicable to
most sensory systems. The volume is organized to appeal to
psychophysicists, neurophysiologists, anatomists, and systems
neuroscientists who attend meetings such as those held by the
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the Acoustical Society
of America, and the Society for Neuroscience.
This volume presents a set of essays that discuss the development
and plasticity of the vertebrate auditory system. The topic is one
that has been considered before in the Springer Handbook of
Auditory Research (volume 9 in 1998, and volume 23 in 2004) but the
field has grown substantially and it is appropriate to bring
previous material up to date to reflect the wealth of new data and
to raise some entirely new topics. At the same time, this volume is
also unique in that it is the outgrowth of a symposium honoring
two-time SHAR co-editor Professor Edwin W Rubel on his retirement.
The focus of this volume, though, is an integrated set of papers
that reflect the immense contributions that Dr. Rubel has made to
the field over his career. Thus, the volume concurrently
presents a topic that is timely for SHAR, but which also honors the
pioneer in the field. Each chapter explores development with
consideration of plasticity and how it becomes limited over time.
The editors have selected authors with professional, and often
personal, connections to Dr. Rubel, though all are, in their own
rights, outstanding scholars and leaders in their fields. The
specific audience will be graduate students, postdoctoral fellows,
and established psychologists and neuroscientists who are
interested in auditory function, development, and plasticity. This
volume will also be of interest to hearing scientists and to the
broad neuroscience community because many of the ideas and
principles associate with the auditory system are applicable to
most sensory systems. The volume is organized to appeal to
psychophysicists, neurophysiologists, anatomists, and systems
neuroscientists who attend meetings such as those held by the
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the Acoustical Society
of America, and the Society for Neuroscience.
