Neuroscientists Talk Shop

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