"MATURATIONAL WINDOWS AND ADULT CORTICAL PLASTICITY"
EDITED BY
Bela Julesz
Ilona Kov÷cs
Proceedings Volume XXIII
Santa Fe Institute
Studies in the Sciences of Complexity
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
The Advanced Book Program
Jacob Way, Reading, MA 01867
1995
About the Book:
This book is based on a workshop held at the Santa Fe Institute in May,
1993, where leading neuroscientists appraised the field of brain plasticity.
The aim of the workshop was to determine whether recent discoveries of
cortical malleability warrant a new view of learning and memory, and
rehabilitation of human infants and adults. Topics included in the volume are
synaptic plasticity; critical periods in brain development; plasticity of the
adult brain; developmental disabilities and rehabilitation. Examples of
plasticity are taken from subcortical structures, primary sensory cortices
and higher memory circuits of lower and higher vertebrates. These
examples reveal how and when neural systems stabilize during
development, and demonstrate that the mature system preserves
considerable plasticity. New accounts of basic mechanisms, such as
temporal input chunking, association formation via cascades of local
connections, and filling in cortical regions by competitive surround activity,
unify different areas of research, and suggest novel techniques in
rehabilitation.
ISBN 0-201-48367-X (Hardcover)
ISBN 0-201-48370-X (Paperback)
Table of Contents
Preamble. B. Julesz
Introduction. B. Julesz and I. Kov÷cs
SYNAPSES AND PLASTICITY
… Memory Consolidation in the ``Non-Aroused" Brain: A Physiological
Perspective. G. Buzs÷ki, A. Bargin, J. J. Chrobak and Z. N÷dasdy
… 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. Kov÷cs 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
… Lesion-Induced Cortical Plasiticity. T. P. Pons
… Plasticity in the Adult Human Brain: Is there a 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 Occuring
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
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Dr. Ilona Kovacs
Laboratory of Vision Research
Rutgers University
Busch Campus-Psych Bldg
Piscataway 08854
tel: 908-445-6714
fax: 908-445-6715
e-mail: ikovacs@cyclops.rutgers.edu
http://zeus.rutgers.edu/ikovacs.html
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