Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain

Stereo Speaker

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Compressed A ir

A ir Pressure

One C ycl e

Distance

Figure by MIT OCW. After figure 11.1 in: Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso.

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.

ISBN: 0683305964.

Outer Ear

Middle Ear

Inner Ear

Ossicles

Oval Window

Pinna

Cochlea

Auditory Canal

Tympanic Membrane

Figure by MIT OCW. After figure 11.3 in: Bear, Mark F.,Barry W.Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0683305964.

Figure by MIT OCW. After figure 11.5 in: Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0683305964.

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High frequency

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Air pressure

Low intensity

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High intensity

Air pressure

Distance

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Distance

Figure by MIT OCW. After figure 11.2 in: Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0683305964.

Characteristic frequency

Number of spikes per second

150

Response to

high-intensity sound

100

Response to

low-intensity sound

50

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Figure by MIT OCW. After figure 11.19 in: Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0683305964.

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