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Title

Maturational windows and adult cortical plasticity / editors, Bela Julesz, Ilona Kovács.

Publication

Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Julesz, Bela.
• Kovács, Ilona, 1960-

Description

xxvi, 284 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Proceedings volume / Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity ; v. 23

Uniform Title

Proceedings volume in the Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity ; v. 23.

Subjects

• Neuroplasticity > Congresses
• Brain > Growth > Congresses
• Developmental neurobiology > Congresses

Note

• Papers presented at a workshop at the Santa Fe Institute (SFI).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preamble / B. Julesz -- Introduction / B. Julesz and I. Kovacs -- Synapses and Plasticity. Memory Consolidation in the "Nonaroused" Brain: A Physiological Perspective / G. Buzsaki, A. Bargin, J. J. Chrobak and Z. Nadasdy. Waves of Growth in the Development of Cortical Function: A Computational Model / J. F. Shrager and M. H. Johnson -- Critical Periods in Brain Development. Development and Plasticity of Cortical Columns and Their Thalamic Input / A. Antonini, M. P. Stryker and B. Chapman. Development and Plasticity of Visual Memory Circuits / M. J. Webster, J. Bachevalier and L. G. Ungerleider. A Sensitive Period for Birdsong Learning / M. Konishi -- Plasticity of the Adult Brain. A Memory System in the Adult Visual Cortex / A. Karni and D. Sagi. Plasticity of Spatial Interactions in Early Vision / U. Polat and D. Sagi. Long-Range Spatial Interactions of Early Vision Revealed by Psychophysically Measured Sensitivity Maps / I. Kovacs and B. Julesz.
• Perceptual Memory of Cognitively Defined Contours: A Rapid, Robust and Long-Lasting Form of Memory / R. M. Jeo, Y. Yonebayashi and J. M. Allman. Dynamic Changes in Cortical Responses Following Removal and Restoration of Nearby Visual Inputs / E. Katz, J. D. Victor and K. Purpura. Abstract: Lesion-Induced Cortical Plasticity / T. P. Pons. Plasticity in the Adult Human Brain: Is There Reason for Optimism? / V. S. Ramachandran -- Developmental Disabilities and Plasticity: Is There a Reason for Optimism? Increasing Behavioral Plasticity Following Central Nervous System Damage in Monkeys and Man: A Method with Potential Application to Human Developmental Motor Disability / E. Taub and J. E. Cargo. Plasticity and Development: Evidence from Children with Early Occurring Focal Brain Injury / J. Stiles. Development and Disorders of Speech and Language: Implications for Neural and Behavioral Plasticity / P. Tallal.
• Cortical Plasticity, Learning, and Learning Dysfunction / M. M. Merzenich and W. M. Jenkins.

ISBN

• 020148367X (hardcover)
• 020148370X (pbk.)

LCCN

95024771

OCLC

• 32970743
• ocm32970743

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries