Conferences for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology (APAN)

具体目标 我们请求资金支持一个名为《听觉神经生理学的进展和前景》(APAN；http://www.apan.jhu.edu/))的年度研讨会，这将是神经科学学会年度会议上为期一天的卫星活动。这次研讨会旨在吸引科学家在听觉神经生理学方面的最佳工作，他们致力于研究人类和非人类的听力模型，重点是从清醒的、行为正常的受试者那里收集的数据。特别是，APAN会议的组织者感兴趣的是吸引科学家(特别是年轻科学家)研究听觉行为的神经关联(皮质和皮质下)，包括构成沟通处理、多感觉处理和神经可塑性的知觉、认知和感觉运动因素。这批研究人员的会面是至关重要的，因为这一研究领域可以用其他准备工作无法阐明的方式阐明听觉功能的原理。此外，这一研究领域的许多理论途径、技术和方法论都是相对独特的，是其他听力研究者所不具备的。因此，一个有重点的研讨会将促进和刺激这一重要研究领域的发展。

SPECIFIC AIMS We request funds to support an annual symposium entitled Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology (APAN; http://www.apan.jhu.edu/) that will be a one-day satellite event at the annual Society for Neuroscience (SFN) conference. The symposium aims to attract the best work in auditory neurophysiology from scientists working with human and non-human models of audition with an emphasis on data collected from awake, behaving subjects. In particular, the organizers of the APAN meeting are interested in attracting scientists (especially young scientists) studying the neural correlates (both cortical and sub-cortical) of auditory behavior including the perceptual, cognitive, and sensorimotor factors that underlie communication processing, multi-sensory processing, and neural plasticity. A meeting of this cohort of investigators is critical since this field of research can illuminate principles of auditory function in ways that other preparations cannot. Moreover, many of the theoretical approaches, techniques, and methodologies of this research field are relatively unique and not shared by other hearing researchers. Consequently, a focused symposium will facilitate and spur growth in this important research area.