Springer Sound Source Localization: 25 (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 25)

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of compreh- sive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory - search. The volumes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical investigators. The volumes are intended to introduce new investigators to important aspects of hearing science and to help established investigators to better understand the fundamental theories and data in ?elds of hearing that they may not normally follow closely. Each volume presents a particular topic comprehensively, and each serves as a synthetic overview and guide to the literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in peer-reviewed journals. The volumes focus on topics that have developed a solid data and conceptual foundation rather than on those for which a literature is only beginning to develop. New research areas will be covered on a timely basis in the series as they begin to mature. From the Back Cover The localization of sound is a fundamental requirement for all auditorysystems and has motivated much research.  This comprehensive volumebrings together topics from many specialties that have been touched uponin other volumes of the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research.Reviewing sound source localization capacities and mechanisms in avariety of organisms, this volume provides a synthesis and update on thetopic that is both original and timely. The authors treat sound sourcelocalization in a comparative context with an emphasis on modeling andcomputational mechanisms. About the Editors:  Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park.  Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago.  About the Author Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richard R. Fay is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago.