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The brain gets a (new) earful

To hear correctly, the human brain must gradually learn the shapes of its body’s ears.

References:

Hofman, P.M., J.G.A. Van Riswick, and A.J. Van Opstal. 1998. Relearning sound localization. Nature Neuroscience 1(September):417.

Szibor, R., et al. 1998. Analyzing the auditory scene. Nature Neuroscience 1(September):333.

Wightman, F., and D. Kistler. 1998. Of vulcan ears, human ears and ‘earprints.’ Nature Neuroscience 1(September):337.

Sources:

A. John Van Opstal
University of Nijmegen
Department of Medical Physics
Biophysics geert Grooteplein 21
NL-6525 EZ, Nijmegen
Netherlands

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 20, November 14, 1998, p. 316. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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