Research on the neural systems underlying emotion in animal models over the past two
decades has implicated the amygdala in fear and other emotional processes. This work …

Learning and memory involve the storage of specific sensory experiences. However, until
recently the idea that the primary sensory cortices could store specific memory traces had …

The present volume on concepts, cognition, emotion, and behavior, is the first in this new
Handbook series. The purpose of this first chapter is to provide an outline of stress, stress …

We investigated the hypothesis that task performance can rapidly and adaptively reshape
cortical receptive field properties in accord with specific task demands and salient sensory …

Neural imaging studies have shown that the brains of skilled musicians respond differently
to musical stimuli than do the brains of non-musicians, particularly for musicians who …

The notion that changes in synaptic efficacy underlie learning and memory processes is now
widely accepted, although definitive proof of the synaptic plasticity and memory hypothesis …

Auditory evoked responses to a violin tone and a noise-burst stimulus were recorded from 4-
to 6-year-old children in four repeated measurements over a 1-year period using …

The goal of the present study was to determine whether the architectonic criteria used to
identify the core region in macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina) could be …

P2 and N1c components of the auditory evoked potential (AEP) have been shown to be
sensitive to remodeling of the auditory cortex by training at pitch discrimination in …

Learning to associate sensory cues with threats is critical for minimizing aversive
experience. The ecological benefit of associative learning relies on accurate perception of …