Behaviour and Neurodynamics for Auditory Communication by Jag... - 9780521829182

Cambridge University Press

Behaviour and Neurodynamics for Auditory CommunicationAuthor(s): Jagmeet Kanwal, Gnter Ehret\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521829182, 978-0521829182\nSynopsis\nHow do animals produce and process sounds for communication? How do their brains encode the large amounts of sensory information so rapidly and how do they use this to cope with their environment? These questions not only concern the evolution of sound communication systems but also aim to understand how arousal, motivation, emotion and behavioral contexts are vocally expressed and how important sound attributes are recognized and perceived. This book highlights auditory communication in several species from four perspectives: actual sound communication, audio-vocal adaptations, adaptations of sound processing and representation in higher auditory brain centers, and emotional and cognitive adaptations in signaling and processing. Broa.