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CONTENTS
Preface xiii

I DEVELOPMENT
Introduction PASKO RAKIC 5
1 Setting the Stage for Cognition: Genesis of the Primate Cerebral
Cortex PASKO RAKIC 7
2 Molecular Determinants of Regionalization of the Forebrain and Cerebral
Cortex PAT LEVITT 23
3 A Comparative Perspective on the Formation of Retinal Connections in the
Mammalian Brain LEO M. CHALUPA AND CARA J. WEFERS 33
4 Formation, Elimination, and Stabilization of Synapses in the Primate Cerebral
Cortex JEAN-PIERRE BOURGEOIS, PATRICIA S. GOLDMAN-RAKIC, AND
PASKO RAKIC 45
5 Merging Sensory Signals in the Brain: The Development of Multisensory
Integration in the Superior Colliculus BARRY E. STEIN, MARK T.
WALLACE, AND TERRENCE R. STANFORD 55
6 Visual Development: Psychophysics, Neural Substrates, and Causal
Stories DAVIDA Y. TELLER 73
7 Specificity and Plasticity in Neurocognitive Development in
Humans HELEN J. NEVILLE AND DAPHNE BAVELIER 83
8 Language, Mind, and Brain: Experience Alters Perception
PATRICIA K. KUHL 99

II PLASTICITY
Introduction IRA B. BLACK 119
9 Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Learning-Related Long-Lasting Synaptic
Plasticity KELSEY C. MARTIN, DUSAN BARTSCH, CRAIG H. BAILEY, AND
ERIC R. KANDEL 121
10 Memory Consolidation and Long-Term Potentiation GARY LYNCH 139
11 Trophic Interactions and Neuronal Plasticity ERIC S. LEVINE AND
IRA B. BLACK 159
12 Stress, Sex, and the Structural and Functional Plasticity of the
Hippocampus BRUCE S. MCEWEN 171
13 Activity and the Development of the Visual Cortex: New
Perspectives LAWRENCE C. KATZ, MICHAEL WELIKY, AND
JUSTIN C. CROWLEY 199
14 Development of Neural Maps: Molecular Mechanisms RENPING ZHOU
AND IRA B. BLACK 213
15 The Reorganization of Sensory and Motor Maps after Injury in Adult
Mammals JON H. KAAS 223
16 Cerebral Cortical Plasticity: Perception and Skill Acquisition
GREGG H. RECANZONE 237

III SENSORY SYSTEMS
Introduction J. ANTHONY MOVSHON AND COLIN BLAKEMORE 251
17 Dynamics of Responses in Visual Cortex ROBERT SHAPLEY AND
DARIO RINGACH 253
18 Binocular Neurons and the Perception of Depth ANDREW J. PARKER,
BRUCE G. CUMMING, AND JON V. DODD 263
19 Contextual Modulation in Primary Visual Cortex and Scene
Perception VICTOR A. F. LAMME AND HENK SPEKREIJSE 279
20 Computational Neuroimaging: Color Representations and
Processing BRIAN A. WANDELL 291
21 A New Role for Cortical Area MT: The Perception of Stereoscopic
Depth GREGORY C. DEANGELIS, BRUCE G. CUMMING, AND
WILLIAM T. NEWSOME 305
22 Effects of Attention on Neuronal Response Properties in Visual Cerebral
Cortex JOHN H. R. MAUNSELL AND CARRIE J. MCADAMS 315
23 Response Synchronization: A Universal Coding Strategy for the Definition of
Relations WOLF SINGER 325
24 Lightness Perception and Lightness Illusions EDWARD H. ADELSON 339
25 High-Level Vision as Statistical Inference DANIEL KERSTEN 353
26 Perception and Action in the Human Visual System
MELVYN A. GOODALE 365
27 Visual Associative Long-Term Memory: Encoding and Retrieval in
Inferotemporal Cortex of the Primate YASUSHI MIYASHITA 379
28 Physiological Studies of Face Processing in Humans
GREGORY MCCARTHY 393
29 Physiological Basis of Timbre Perception SHIHAB A. SHAMMA 411
30 Cortical Representations of Auditory Space
JOHN C. MIDDLEBROOKS 425
31 Sensory Convergence in Neural Function and Development
ANDREW J. KING AND JAN W. H. SCHNUPP 437
32 The Song System: Neural Circuits Essential throughout Life for Vocal Behavior
and Plasticity ALLISON J. DOUPE, MICHAEL S. BRAINARD, AND
NEAL A. HESSLER 451
33 A Computational Model of Avian Song Learning KENJI DOYA AND
TERRENCE J. SEJNOWSKI 469

IV MOTOR SYSTEMS
Introduction EMILIO BIZZI 485
34 Toward a Neurobiology of Coordinate Transformations EMILIO BIZZI AND
FERDINANDO A. MUSSA-IVALDI 489
35 Spatial Representations and Internal Models of Limb Dynamics in Motor
Learning CLAUDE GHEZ, JOHN W. KRAKAUER, ROBERT L. SAINBURG, AND
MARIA-FELICE GHILARDI 501
36 Programming to Look and Reach