Thursday, December 2, 2010

Bill Spain (Professor, University of Washington) talks about spike frequency adaptation in the avian auditory system and cortex, and considers the utility of adaptation for integrators vs coincidence detectors across various timescales.  In addition Bill talks about dividing his time as a  clinician, and how his clinical vantage point impacts his take on basic science research.

Duration: 41 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA)

Rama Ratnam (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.