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，该研讨会将是神经科学学会（SFN）年度会议上为期一天的附属活动。该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，这些科学家使用人类和非人类的听觉模型，重点是从清醒的行为主体中收集的数据。特别是，APAN会议的组织者有兴趣吸引科学家（特别是年轻科学家）研究听觉行为的神经相关性（皮层和皮层下），包括感知，认知和感觉运动因素，这些因素是沟通处理，多感觉处理和神经可塑性的基础。这一组研究人员的会议是至关重要的，因为这一领域的研究可以阐明听觉功能的原则，其他准备工作不能。此外，该研究领域的许多理论方法，技术和方法相对独特，不为其他听力研究者所共享。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.