The Auditory System and Human Sound-Localization Behavior

__The Auditory System and Human Sound-Localization Behavior__ provides a comprehensive account of the full action-perception cycle underlying spatial hearing. It highlights the interesting properties of the auditory system, such as its organization in azimuth and elevation coordinates. Readers will appreciate that sound localization is inherently a neuro-computational process (it needs to process on implicit and independent acoustic cues). The localization problem of which sound location gave rise to a particular sensory acoustic input cannot be uniquely solved, and therefore requires some clever strategies to cope with everyday situations. The reader is guided through the full interdisciplinary repertoire of the natural sciences: not only neurobiology, but also physics and mathematics, and current theories on sensorimotor integration (e.g. Bayesian approaches to deal with uncertain information) and neural encoding. * Quantitative, model-driven approaches to the full action-perception cycle of sound-localization behavior and eye-head gaze control * Comprehensive introduction to acoustics, systems analysis, computational models, and neurophysiology of the auditory system * Full account of gaze-control paradigms that probe the acoustic action-perception cycle, including multisensory integration, auditory plasticity, and hearing impaired

The Auditory System and Human Sound-Localization Behavior provides a comprehensive account of the full action-perception cycle underlying spatial hearing. It highlights the interesting properties of the auditory system, such as its organization in azimuth and elevation coordinates. Readers will appreciate that sound localization is inherently a neuro-computational process (it needs to process on implicit and independent acoustic cues). The localization problem of which sound location gave rise to a particular sensory acoustic input cannot be uniquely solved, and therefore requires some clever strategies to cope with everyday situations. The reader is guided through the full interdisciplinary repertoire of the natural sciences: not only neurobiology, but also physics and mathematics, and current theories on sensorimotor integration (e.g. Bayesian approaches to deal with uncertain information) and neural encoding.

• Quantitative, model-driven approaches to the full action-perception cycle of sound-localization behavior and eye-head gaze control
• Comprehensive introduction to acoustics, systems analysis, computational models, and neurophysiology of the auditory system
• Full account of gaze-control paradigms that probe the acoustic action-perception cycle, including multisensory integration, auditory plasticity, and hearing impaired

Content: Front matter,Copyright,Dedication,List of AbbreviationsEntitled to full textChapter 1 - A Brief Introduction to the Topic, Pages 1-22 Chapter 2 - The Nature of Sound, Pages 23-50 Chapter 3 - Linear Systems, Pages 51-86 Chapter 4 - Nonlinear Systems, Pages 87-112 Chapter 5 - The Cochlea, Pages 113-146 Chapter 6 - The Auditory Nerve, Pages 147-169 Chapter 7 - Acoustic Localization Cues, Pages 171-208 Chapter 8 - Assessing Auditory Spatial Performance, Pages 209-244 Chapter 9 - The Gaze-Orienting System, Pages 245-272 Chapter 10 - The Midbrain Colliculus, Pages 273-304 Chapter 11 - Coordinate Transformations, Pages 305-332 Chapter 12 - Sound Localization Plasticity, Pages 333-360 Chapter 13 - Multisensory Integration, Pages 361-392 Chapter 14 - Impaired Hearing and Sound Localization, Pages 393-412 Subject Index, Pages 413-423