The localization of sound is a fundamental requirement for all auditory systems and has motivated much research. This comprehensive volume brings together topics from many specialties that have been touched upon in other volumes of the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Reviewing sound source localization capacities and mechanisms in a variety of organisms, this volume provides a synthesis and update on the topic that is both original and timely. The authors treat sound source localization in a comparative context with an emphasis on modeling and computational mechanisms.
About the Editors: Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago.
The localization of sound is a fundamental issue for all auditory
systems and therefore a subject important to a wide range of auditory
research. Although localization has been studied extensively, a
comprehensive volume incorporating work from many specialties is
needed. This volume reviews the study of the detection of sound
sources in mammals as well as a variety of other organisms. Bringing
together subjects touched upon in other SHAR volumes, this single book
synthesizes and updates the subject of localization. The localization of sound, or the detection of sound sources, is a fundamental issue for all auditory systems and therefore a subject important to a wide range of auditory research Reviewing localization in a variety of organisms, particularly in mammals, this single book synthesizes and updates the subject of localization