Progress in neurophysiology of sound localization.

INTRODUCTION ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ........ ........ . . . . .. . . . .. . . . ........ . . . .. 245 NATURE AND MAGNITUDES OF THE DICHOTIC SOUND LOCALIZATION CUES.. . . . .. ........ . . . . .. . .. .. . ... . ... . .. 247 NEURAL CODING OF INTERAURAL TIME AND INTENSITY DIFFERENCES.. .. . . ........ . . . . ....... .... 249 Sensitivity to lnteraural Time Diff erences 249 Sensitivity to Interaurollntensity Diff erences 255 Head size, lnteraural Disparities, and the Problem of tong Characteristic Delays 256 NEURAL CODING OF THE SPATIAL LOCATION OF ACOUSTIC STIMULI . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . ....... . . . . . . ... . .. ....... .... ........ ... ... . .. .. ...... ... ... 258 BEHAVIORAL-LESION STUDIES OF SOUND LOCALIZATION MECHANISMS ..... . . . . . ....... . .. . . . . . .. . . ... . .. ...... 263 CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH . . . . . . ....... .. . . .. . .... 267