Conference on Processing the Auditory Environment

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议举行一次“会议， 听觉环境的加工：从突触机制到群体 2001年6月10日至11日在纽约大学举行的“代码”。 本次会议的目标 是将一群科学家聚集在一起，他们使用现代的方法， 为了了解中央听觉系统如何编码复杂的 自然刺激。 会议将包括既定的调查人员， 最近的工作大大扩展了我们对（1）细胞 允许单个听觉神经元以很大的时间响应的特性 对声音刺激的快速变化的保真度（伊恩·福赛斯，约翰·林泽尔，理查德 Mooney），（2）允许个体或群体的编码策略， 听觉神经元充分代表声音的时间属性 （劳拉尔·卡尼，罗伯特·香农，约翰·米德尔布鲁克斯，贝弗利·赖特），（3） 复杂的声音频谱，如自然发声， 在中央听觉系统中表现（Frederic泰尼森，Xiaoqin Wang， Monty Escabi），以及（4）作为我们的基础的中央听觉编码特性 感知听觉物体的能力，当它们（或我们）在空间中移动时 (Alan Palmer，Malcolm Semple，Jennifer Groh，Timothy Griffiths）. 两个附加 将挑选专家主持讨论会。 会议将 在神经科学界广泛宣传，注册将是 每个人都可以在网上获得，象征性收费。 此外，我们将使 提供每个演讲者的演讲的出版物，包括图形， 在会议日期之前。 这份出版物将作为 下载PDF文件。 会议将鼓励小说的发展 研究项目，旨在了解自然刺激是如何在 中央听觉系统 对这一主题的理解是非常可取的 通过假肢装置改善听力受损者的治疗（Shannon）， 制定策略，以改善听觉颞叶障碍者的学习 加工障碍（Wright）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to hold a "Conference on Processing the Auditory Environment: From Synaptic Mechanisms to Population Codes" at New York University on June 10-11, 2001. The goal of this conference is to bring together a group of scientists who are using contemporary approaches in an effort to understand how the central auditory system encodes complex natural stimuli. The conference will include established investigators whose most recent work has considerably extended our understanding of (1) the cellular properties that permit single auditory neurons to respond with great temporal fidelity to rapid changes in sound stimuli (Ian Forsythe, John Rinzel, Richard Mooney), (2) the coding strategies that permit individual or populations of auditory neurons to represent adequately the temporal attributes of sound (Laural Carney, Robert Shannon, John Middlebrooks, Beverly Wright), (3) the manner in which complex sound spectra, such as natural vocalizations, are represented in the central auditory system (Frederic Theunissen, Xiaoqin Wang, Monty Escabi), and (4) the central auditory coding properties that underlie our ability to perceive auditory objects while they (or we) move about in space (Alan Palmer, Malcolm Semple, Jennifer Groh, Timothy Griffiths). Two additional experts will be chosen to lead discussion sessions. The conference will be advertised broadly in the neuroscience community, and registration will be available to everyone on-line for a nominal fee. Moreover, we will make available a publication of each speaker's presentation, with included graphics, prior to the meeting dates. This publication will be available on-line as a downloadable PDF file. The conference will encourage the development of novel research programs that seek to understand how natural stimuli are represented in the central auditory system. An understanding of this topic is highly desirable for improving treatment of hearing impaired via prosthetic devices (Shannon) and devising strategies to improve learning in those with auditory temporal processing disorders (Wright).