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Auditory and Vestibular Efferents (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), David K. Ryugo (Editor)
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 [...]
English; Hardback
Released: 10.12.2010 / Delivery time: 5-7 days
CHF 159.00
Auditory and Vestibular Efferents (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), David K. Ryugo (Editor)
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 [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 18.12.2012 / Delivery time: 1-2 weeks (title will be printed to order)
CHF 158.90
Loudness (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Mary Florentine (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
Loudness is the primary psychological correlate of intensity. When the intensity of a sound increases, loudness increases. However, there exists no simple one-to-one correspondence between loudness and intensity; loudness can be changed by modifying the frequency or the [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 18.12.2012 / Delivery time: 1-2 weeks (title will be printed to order)
CHF 158.90
The Middle Ear (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), Sunil Puria (Editor)
The middle ear plays a vital role in the sense and sensitivity of hearing. Of the various characteristics that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates, several pertain to the middle-ear system such as the presence of three middle-ear bones and the four-layer composite [...]
English; Hardback
Released: 18.12.2012 / Delivery time: 2-3 weeks (title will be printed to order)
CHF 158.90
Auditory Prostheses (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), Fan-Gang Zeng (Editor), Fang-Gang Zeng (Editor)
Cochlear implants are currently the standard treatment for profound sensorineural hearing loss. In the last decade, advances in auditory science and technology have not only greatly expanded the utility of electric stimulation to other parts of the auditory nervous system [...]
English; Hardback
Released: September 2011 / Delivery time: 5-7 days
CHF 158.85
The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life (Book)
Anthony Hawkins (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
The Second International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life will take place in Ireland August 15-20, 2010. The main emphasis of the conference will be on defining the current state of knowledge. However, we will also assess progress in the three years since [...]
English; Hardback
Released: 2012 / Delivery time: 2-3 days
CHF 288.90
Noise Induced Hearing Loss (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Donald Henderson (Editor), Colleen Le Prell (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
Exposure to loud noise continues to be one of the largest causes of hearing loss in the adult population, already affecting some 15 percent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 69. There have been a number of discoveries and advances that have increased our understanding [...]
English; Hardback
Released: October 2011 / Delivery time: 5-7 days
CHF 158.90
Synaptic Mechanisms in the Auditory System (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), Laurence O. Trussell (Editor)
Synaptic mechanisms are the groundwork for all auditory processing. Understanding them requires knowledge of the microphysiology of synapses, cellular biophysics, and receptor pharmacology, as well as an appreciation for what unique jobs auditory synapses must carry out. [...]
English; Hardback
Released: November 2011 / Delivery time: 5-7 days
CHF 158.90
Tinnitus (Book)
Jos J. Eggermont (Editor), Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), Fan-Gang Zeng (Editor)
Tinnitus is a prevalent hearing disease in humans, affecting 15% of the population. At present there is no cure for tinnitus, and treatment options are limited. Recognizing the significance of tinnitus to hearing, as well as it serving as a window into the basic science of [...]
English; Hardback
Released: August 2012 / Delivery time: 2-3 days
CHF 158.90
The Human Auditory Cortex (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Tobias Overath (Editor), David Poeppel (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
We live in a complex and dynamically changing acoustic environment. To this end, the auditory cortex of humans has developed the ability to process a remarkable amount of diverse acoustic information with apparent ease. In fact, a phylogenetic comparison of auditory systems [...]
English; Hardback
Released: June 2012 / Delivery time: 2-3 days
CHF 158.90
Deafness (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Andrej Kral (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
This book considers deafness as a medical condition, exploring the neuronal consequences on the peripheral and the central nervous system as well as on cognition and learning, viewed from the standpoint of genetics, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, molecular biology, [...]
English; Hardback
Release: 2013 / Delivery time: Pre-Order (Article not released yet)
CHF 151.70
Human Auditory Development (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), Lynne Werner (Editor)
This volume will provide an important contemporary reference on hearing development and will lead to new ways of thinking about hearing in children and about remediation for children with hearing loss. Much of the material in this volume will document that a different model [...]
English; Hardback
Released: 2012 / Delivery time: 5-7 days
CHF 159.00
Neural Correlates of Auditory Cognition (Book)
Yale Cohen (Editor), Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
fince the early 1990s, there has been a re-birth of studies that test the neural correlates of auditory cognition with a unique emphasis on the use of awake, behaving animals as models. Continuing today, how and where in the brain neural correlates of auditory cognition are [...]
English; Hardback
Released: October 2012 / Delivery time: 2-3 days
CHF 158.90
Music Perception (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor), Mari Riess Jones (Editor)
The increasing prevalence of musical stimulation in our everyday environment makes studies of musical listening, comprehension and memory important. Music has simply become a pervasive aspect of the experienced environment for most of us; along with enhanced levels of [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 27.09.2012 / Delivery time: 1-2 weeks (title will be printed to order)
CHF 158.90
Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians (Book)
Richard R. Fay (Editor), Albert S. Feng (Editor), Peter M. Narins (Editor), Arthur N. Popper (Editor)
Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians is a compendium of the latest research on acoustic communication in these highly vocal vertebrates. The chapters are written by experts currently investigating the physiology and behavior of amphibians both in the laboratory and [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 27.10.2010 / Delivery time: 1-2 weeks (title will be printed to order)
CHF 169.00