Learning to hear: plasticity of auditory cortical processing.

@article{citeulike:1660047, abstract = {Sensory experience and auditory cortex plasticity are intimately related. This relationship is most striking during infancy when changes in sensory input can have profound effects on the functional organization of the developing cortex. But a considerable degree of plasticity is retained throughout life, as demonstrated by the cortical reorganization that follows damage to the sensory periphery or by the more controversial changes in response properties that are thought to accompany perceptual learning. Recent studies in the auditory system have revealed the remarkably adaptive nature of sensory processing and provided important insights into the way in which cortical circuits are shaped by experience and learning.}, address = {Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.}, author = {Dahmen, Johannes C C. and King, Andrew J J. }, citeulike-article-id = {1660047}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.004}, issn = {0959-4388}, journal = {Curr Opin Neurobiol}, keywords = {a1, auditory, co-in-neurobio, language, learning, plasticity}, month = {August}, posted-at = {2007-12-17 23:03:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Learning to hear: plasticity of auditory cortical processing.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.004}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1660047 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1660047 N2 - Sensory experience and auditory cortex plasticity are intimately related. This relationship is most striking during infancy when changes in sensory input can have profound effects on the functional organization of the developing cortex. But a considerable degree of plasticity is retained throughout life, as demonstrated by the cortical reorganization that follows damage to the sensory periphery or by the more controversial changes in response properties that are thought to accompany perceptual learning. Recent studies in the auditory system have revealed the remarkably adaptive nature of sensory processing and provided important insights into the way in which cortical circuits are shaped by experience and learning. JF - Curr Opin Neurobiol SN - 0959-4388 AD - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. TI - Learning to hear: plasticity of auditory cortical processing. KW - a1 KW - auditory KW - co-in-neurobio KW - language KW - learning KW - plasticity AU - Dahmen, Johannes C AU - King, Andrew J PY - 2007/08/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.004 ER -