Contributions to Sensory Physiology

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Volume 1

The Evolution of Vertebrate Hearing

I. Introduction

II. Sound

III. The Lateral Line

IV. The Labyrinth

V. The Swim Bladder

VI. The Weberian Apparatus and Other Adaptations

VII. Can Fish Hear?

VIII. On to Land: The Amphibia

IX. The Inner Ear and the Hearing in the Frog

X. Summary

References

The Sensory Neocortex

I. Origins of Neocortex

II. The Differentiation of Sensory Thalamo-Cortical Systems in Early Phases of Mammal Evolution

III. The Predominance of the Auditory System in Carnivores

IV. The Auditory Cortex and the Lower Centers of the Auditory Pathway

V. The Auditory Cortex and Memory

VI. Sensory Cortex and the Evolution of Intelligence

References

Organization of Somatic Central Projections

I. Introduction

II. Lemniscal versus Extralemniscal Projections

III. Structures Showing Essentially Extralemniscal Properties

IV. Lemniscal and Extralemniscal Convergence in Primary Areas

V. Concluding Remarks: Role in Behavior of the Somatic Receiving Regions

References

Electrical Responses of the Nervous System and Subjective Scales of Intensity

I. Introduction

II. Historical Background

III. Human Somesthetic Intensity Functions

IV. Current Issues concerning the Appreciation of Intensity

References

Gustatory Response as a Temperature-Dependent Process

I. Introduction

II. Gustatory Nerve Response

III. Gustatory Nerve Response to Stimuli of Varying Temperatures

IV. Thermal Messages Carried by the Chorda Tympani and the Glossopharyngeal and Lingual Nerves

V. Bimodal Response of Taste Units

VI. Variations in the Gustatory Response Produced by Temperature Change

VII. Gustatory Nerve Response in the Frog

VIII. Conclusion

References

Author Index

Subject Index