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.
\nDuration: 38 minutes
\nDiscussants:(in alphabetical order)
\nAlfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA
\nSalma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nTodd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
\nCharles Wilson (Professor, UTSA)
\nacknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
\nRecorded: Thursday, January 23, 2014