The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. It includes both the sensory organs (the ears) and the auditory parts of the sensory...

information in humans and many other vertebrates. It is a part of the auditory system, performing basic and higher functions in hearing, such as possible...

was the first American to publish on the microwave auditory effect (MAE). Frey's "Human auditory system response to modulated electromagnetic energy" appeared...

Look up auditory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Auditory means of or relating to the process of hearing: Auditory system, the neurological structures...

localization mechanisms of the mammalian auditory system have been extensively studied. The auditory system uses several cues for sound source localization...

In the auditory system, the columella contributes to hearing in amphibians, reptiles and birds. The columella form thin, bony structures in the interior...

the mechanical system (basilar membrane) that resonates in response to such inputs. Critical bands are also closely related to auditory masking phenomena...

Auditory processing disorder (APD), rarely known as King-Kopetzky syndrome or auditory disability with normal hearing (ADN), is a neurodevelopmental disorder...

signal processing, auditory masking occurs when the perception of one sound is affected by the presence of another sound. Auditory masking in the frequency...

slower than expected (for a process associated with the nervous system). In the auditory system, sound vibrations (mechanical energy) are transduced into electrical...

Auditory illusions are illusions of real sound or outside stimulus. These false perceptions are the equivalent of an optical illusion: the listener hears...

such stimuli as mediated by mechanisms of the peripheral and central auditory systems, including certain areas of the brain. It is said to compose one of...

fields have been identified for neurons of the auditory system, the somatosensory system, and the visual system. The term receptive field was first used by...

the fields of psychology, cognitive science, and neurobiology. The auditory system of humans and animals allows individuals to assimilate information...

The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear...

respective visual system (sense of vision), auditory system (sense of hearing), somatosensory system (sense of touch), olfactory system (sense of smell)...

The ossicles (also called auditory ossicles) are three bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in the human body. They serve to transmit...

Receptive fields have been identified for the visual system, auditory system and somatosensory system. While debate exists among neurologists as to the specific...

capable of sensing vibrations in the ground, passed by the skeleton to the auditory nerve. Rattlesnake fangs are connected by venom ducts to large venom glands...

humans possess two distinct visual systems. Recently there seems to be evidence of two distinct auditory systems as well. As visual information exits...

humans and other vertebrates, hearing is performed primarily by the auditory system: mechanical waves, known as vibrations, are detected by the ear and...

auditory attention, or selective hearing, is a process of the auditory system where an individual selects or focuses on certain stimuli for auditory information...

coordinating movement with balance. Together with the cochlea, a part of the auditory system, it constitutes the labyrinth of the inner ear in most mammals. As...

electrochemical impulses which are passed on to the brain via the auditory nerve. The vestibular system, dedicated to balance. The inner ear is found in all vertebrates...

topographic organization, similar to retinotopy in the visual system. Tonotopy in the auditory system begins at the cochlea, the small snail-like structure in...

primary visual cortex); 18, 19 Temporal lobe Cortex Primary auditory cortex (A1) Secondary auditory cortex (A2) Inferior temporal cortex V5/MT Posterior inferior...

sensory processes of the skin and the auditory system suggest lateral inhibition could play a role in auditory processing. The basilar membrane in the...

extrastriate cortex are second-order representations. The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing in which the brain interprets information from...

organ systems: the respiratory system, digestive and excretory system, circulatory system, urinary system, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular...

involving the scientific study of the perception of sound by the human auditory system. It is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated...