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Visual Instruction of the Neural Map of Auditory Space in the Developing Optic Tectum

Knudsen, Eric I., Brainard, Michael S.·1991·Science

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Neural maps of visual and auditory space are aligned in the adult optic tectum. In barn owls, this alignment of sensory maps was found to be controlled during ontogeny by visual instruction of the auditory spatial tuning of neurons. Large adaptive changes in auditory spatial tuning were induced by raising owls with displacing prisms mounted in spectacle frames in front of the eyes; neurons became tuned to sound source locations corresponding to their optically displaced, rather than their normal, visual receptive field locations. The results demonstrate that visual experience during development calibrates the tectal auditory space map in a site-specific manner, dictating its topography and alignment with the visual space map.

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Authors
Knudsen, E. I., & Brainard, M. S.
Affiliations
Stanford Medicine (US)
Venue
Science
Published
1991-07-05
Volume
253
Issue
5015
Pages
85-87
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2042612037
Cited by
231
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 2
FWCI
13.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01DC000155, R01-DC00155-12)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Keywords
optic tectum, auditory space map, barn owl, ontogeny, visual experience, topographic map, sound localization, multisensory integration
MeSH terms
Animals, Birds, Brain Mapping, Hearing, Superior Colliculi, Vision, Ocular

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