Shaowen Bao (UC Berkeley) discusses auditory critical periods, the use of statistically complex, naturalistic auditory stimuli to probe species-specific auditory processing and representations.  He discusses the development of categorical perception, and the hierarchical development of sensory representations specific to auditory cortex.

Duration: 38 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA

Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Professor, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

Recorded: Thursday, January 23, 2014