Coding of auditory space

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue , 2003, Pages 31-55

  Konishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaural level difference; Interaural time difference; Place and ensemble coding; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; BINAURAL HEARING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0041355709     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.26.041002.131123     Document Type: Review

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