Auditory Function

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Twenty-six chapters explore the relationship between physical sound, neurological perception, and cognitive interpretation, focusing on how animals make use of the myriad sounds in the environment as adaptive and survival resources. Each chapter is abstracted. The sections cover: development from primitive to speech and guidance systems; cochlear neurobiology of the selection and coding of intensity and frequency (pitch); the filtering and coding of temporal and spatial patterns; centralization and peripheralization; auditory neuroethology, including speech and speech-like behavior. Papers delivered at a symposium of the Salk Institute, Sept./Oct. 1985. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)