Shaowen Bao (UC Berkeley) discusses auditory critical periods, the use of statistically complex, naturalistic auditory stimuli to probe species-specific auditory processing and representations. He discusses the development of categorical perception, and the hierarchical development of sensory representations specific to auditory cortex.
Duration: 38 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA
Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
Charles Wilson (Professor, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
Recorded: Thursday, January 23, 2014