Episode 109 -- Shaowen Bao

Published: Jan. 23, 2014, 7:45 p.m.

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.

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Duration: 38 minutes

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Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

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Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA

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Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)

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Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

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Charles Wilson (Professor, UTSA)

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acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Recorded: Thursday, January 23, 2014