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Instructed learning in the auditory localization pathway of the barn owl

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  • Eric I. Knudsen

    (Stanford University School of Medicine)

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A bird sings and you turn to look at it — a process so automatic it seems simple. But is it? Our ability to localize the source of a sound relies on complex neural computations that translate auditory localization cues into representations of space. In barn owls, the visual system is important in teaching the auditory system how to translate cues. This example of instructed plasticity is highly quantifiable and demonstrates mechanisms and principles of learning that may be used widely throughout the central nervous system.

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  • Eric I. Knudsen, 2002. "Instructed learning in the auditory localization pathway of the barn owl," Nature, Nature, vol. 417(6886), pages 322-328, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:417:y:2002:i:6886:d:10.1038_417322a
    DOI: 10.1038/417322a
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    1. O'Connell, Michael & Sheikh, Hammad, 2008. "Achievement-related attitudes and the fate of "at-risk" groups in society," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 508-521, August.
    2. Weston Cox & Brian J Fischer, 2015. "Optimal Prediction of Moving Sound Source Direction in the Owl," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(7), pages 1-20, July.

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