Overview
- Combines reviews from the top researchers in the field
- Includes a set of integrated chapters that will review the history of the subject and summarize what is known and what still needs to be done
- Will serve as a reference for graduate students, educators, clinicians, and other researchers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 38)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Efferent sensory systems have emerged as major components of processing by the central nervous system. Whereas the afferent sensory systems bring environmental information into the brain, efferent systems function to monitor, sharpen, and attend selectively to certain stimuli while ignoring others. This ability of the brain to implement these functions enables the organism to make fine discriminations and to respond appropriately to environmental conditions so that survival is enhanced. Our focus will be on auditory and vestibular efferents, topics linked together by the inner ear connection.
The biological utility of the efferent system is striking. How it functions is less well understood, and with each new discovery, more questions arise. The book that is proposed here reflects our vision to share what is known on the topic by authors who actually have made the observations.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This is an outstanding book concerning the vestibular and cochlear systems in small animals. … this is an outstanding reference for students in physiology, hearing, psychophysics, etc. Seasoned neurophysiologists, audiologists, and advanced investigators can benefit substantially from this reference.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Auditory and Vestibular Efferents
Editors: David K. Ryugo, Richard R. Fay
Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7070-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7069-5Published: 24 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2754-4Published: 28 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7070-1Published: 22 November 2010
Series ISSN: 0947-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 359
Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences, Acoustics