Information processing in mammalian auditory and tactile systems : proceedings of a Boden Research Conference, held in Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 1-3, 1989

Partial table of contents: PERIPHERAL MECHANOSENSORY MECHANISMS Tactile Perception of Texture: Peripheral Neural Correlates (A. Goodwin & K. John) The Search for the Morphological Basis of Mechano-Transduction in Cochlear Hair Cells (J. Pickles, et al.) Primary Afferent Dynamic Ranges and Cochlear Mechanics (D. Robertson, et al.) Functions of the Efferent Pathways to the Mammalian Cochlea (R. Rajan) CENTRAL CONNECTIONS AND CODING IN AUDITORY AND TACTILE SYSTEMS Synaptic Transmission in the Mammalian Central Nervous System (B. Walmsley & M. Nicol) Neural Coding of Complex Tactile Vibration (J. Morley, et al.) Somato-Sensory Projections to the Motor Cortex (R. Porter) DEVELOPMENT AND PLASTICITY IN AUDITORY AND TACTILE SYSTEMS Reaching and Handling: How the Brain Interacts with the Hand (I. Darian-Smith, et al.) The Capacity for Reorganization in Adult Somatosensory Cortex (M. Calford & R. Tweedale) Reorganization of Frequency Representation in Auditory Cortex of Guinea Pigs with Partial Unilateral Deafness (D. Irvine & D. Robertson) APPLIED SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOPHYSICS Multimodal Stimulation for Speech Perception (P. Blamey) Evoked Potentials and Functional Development of the Auditory System (A. Pettigrew, et al.) Index.