The localization of sound is a fundamental issue for all auditory systems and therefore a subject important to a wide range of auditory research. Although localization has been studied extensively, a comprehensive volume incorporating work from many specialties is needed. This volume reviews the study of the detection of sound sources in mammals as well as a variety of other organisms. Bringing together subjects touched upon in other SHAR volumes, this single book synthesizes and updates the subject of localization.

The localization of sound, or the detection of sound sources, is a fundamental issue for all auditory systems and therefore a subject important to a wide range of auditory research Reviewing localization in a variety of organisms, particularly in mammals, this single book synthesizes and updates the subject of localization

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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.

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The localization of sound is a fundamental requirement for all auditory
systems and has motivated much research. This comprehensive volume
brings together topics from many specialties that have been touched upon
in other volumes of the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research .
Reviewing sound source localization capacities and mechanisms in a
variety of organisms, this volume provides a synthesis and update on the
topic that is both original and timely. The authors treat sound source
localization in a comparative context with an emphasis on modeling and
computational 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.

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to Sound Source Localization.- Directional Hearing in Insects.- Sound Source Localization by Fishes.- Directional Hearing in Nonmammalian Tetrapods.- Comparative Mammalian Sound Localization.- Development of the Auditory Centers Responsible for Sound Localization.- Interaural Correlation as the Basis of a Working Model of Binaural Processing: An Introduction.- Models of Sound Localization.