Auditory system - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Auditory System: Encyclopedia - Auditory System
The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. On its path from the outside world to the forebrain, sound informatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auditory System: Encyclopedia Ii - Auditory System - Neural Audition Circuit
Auditory system - Overview. This sound information, now re-encoded, travels down the auditory nerve, through parts of the brainstem (fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hearing Sense: Encyclopedia Ii - Hearing Sense - Localization Of Sound
Humans can hear the direction of the source of a sound, sometimes with surprising accuracy. Two mechanisms are known to be used. The ner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hearing Sense: Encyclopedia Ii - Hearing Sense - Localization Of Sound
Humans can hear the direction of the source of a sound, sometimes with surprising accuracy. Two mechanisms are known to be used. The ner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia - Brain
In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for "in the head"), acts as the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acoustic Reflex: Encyclopedia - Acoustic Reflex
The acoustic reflex (or stapedius reflex) is an involuntary muscle contraction that occurs in the middle ear of mammals in response to hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Comparative Anatomy
Three groups of animals, with some exceptions, have notably complex brains: the arthropods (insects and crustaceans), the cephalopods (oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Importance Of The Brain
Brain - The brain in animals. Three groups of animals, with some exceptions, have notably complex brains: the arthropods (insects and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Neurobiology
Despite the variance of the species in which the brain is found there are many common features in its cellular make-up, its structure, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Brain As Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Study Of The Brain
Brain - Fields of study. Several areas of science specifically study the brain. Neuroscience seeks to understand the nervous system, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - History
Ancient Greeks had differing views on the function of the brain. Hippocrates believed the brain to be the seat of intelligence. Aristotle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Brain As Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological [[...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Brain As A Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Biology Of The Brain
Despite the variance of the species in which the brain is found there are many common features in its cellular make-up, its structure and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auditory System: Encyclopedia Ii - Auditory System - Ear
See Main Article Ear Auditory system - Outer ear. The folds of cartilage that comprise the lay conception of the ear are called the pin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auditory System: Encyclopedia Ii - Auditory System - Bibliography
1) Golding, NL et al. Recordings from slices indicate that octopus cells of the cochlear nucleus detect coincident firing of auditory ner...   » Read the article