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Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Signaler and Receiver Psychology; 1.1 Sights and Sounds of Spring; 1.2 Psychological Mechanisms in Animal Communication; 1.2.1 Variation in Sensory Processing; 1.2.2 Signals and Signalers as Perceptual Objects; 1.2.3 Categorization and Social Cognition; 1.2.4 Referential Signals, Semantics, and Concepts; 1.2.5 Decision-Making; 1.2.6 Learning and Memory; 1.3 Toward a Psychology of Signaling and Receiving; 1.4 Summary and Future Directions; References.
Chapter 2: Avian Auditory Processing at Four Different Scales: Variation Among Species, Seasons, Sexes, and Individuals2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Assessment of Hearing Function with AEPs; 2.3 Coevolution Between Signalers and Receivers; 2.4 Habitat Effects on Song and Hearing; 2.5 Seasonal Auditory Plasticity; 2.6 Sex Differences in Auditory Processing; 2.7 Individual Variation in Auditory Physiology ; 2.8 AEP Responses to Natural Vocalizations; 2.9 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 3: Perceptual and Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Scene Analysis in the European Starling.
3.1 Introduction3.2 The Neuronal Substrate of Auditory Processing in Birds; 3.3 Principles of Auditory Scene Analysis; 3.4 Auditory Scene Analysis and Signal Detection; 3.4.1 Comodulation Masking Release ; 3.4.2 The Comodulation Detection Difference ; 3.4.3 Relevance of CMR and CDD to Natural Listening Environments; 3.5 Auditory Scene Analysis and Perceptual Restoration of Signals; 3.6 Auditory Streaming of Sound Sequences; 3.6.1 Subjective and Objective Measures of Auditory Streaming in Humans; 3.6.2 Subjective and Objective Measures of Auditory Streaming in Starlings.
3.6.3 Neural Correlates of Auditory Streaming Based on Frequency Differences3.6.4 Auditory Streaming Based on Temporal Differences; 3.7 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 4: Mate Searching Animals as Model Systems for Understanding Perceptual Grouping; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Auditory Grouping; 4.2.1 Auditory Grouping Cues; 4.2.2 Auditory Streaming; 4.2.2.1 Spatial Cues for Streaming; 4.2.2.2 Spectral Cues for Streaming; 4.2.3 Simultaneous Grouping; 4.3 Cross-Modal Grouping; 4.3.1 Anuran Multisensory Communication; 4.3.1.1 Cross-Modal Grouping in Túngara Frogs.
4.3.1.2 Cross-Modal Grouping in Treefrogs4.3.2 Beyond Bimodal Grouping; 4.4 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 5: Why Complex Signals Matter, Sometimes ; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Model; 5.2.1 Alternative Actions, Uncertainty About Actions, Payoffs, and Signals; 5.2.2 Reliabilities; 5.2.3 Preliminaries: When Should a Single Signal Be Followed?; 5.3 Following Two Signals; 5.4 Effects of Environmental Uncertainty and Signal Reliability; 5.5 Environmental Uncertainty and Complex Signaling; 5.6 Economic Benefits Versus Psychological Benefits; 5.7 Limitations of this Approach.
Chapter 2: Avian Auditory Processing at Four Different Scales: Variation Among Species, Seasons, Sexes, and Individuals2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Assessment of Hearing Function with AEPs; 2.3 Coevolution Between Signalers and Receivers; 2.4 Habitat Effects on Song and Hearing; 2.5 Seasonal Auditory Plasticity; 2.6 Sex Differences in Auditory Processing; 2.7 Individual Variation in Auditory Physiology ; 2.8 AEP Responses to Natural Vocalizations; 2.9 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 3: Perceptual and Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Scene Analysis in the European Starling.
3.1 Introduction3.2 The Neuronal Substrate of Auditory Processing in Birds; 3.3 Principles of Auditory Scene Analysis; 3.4 Auditory Scene Analysis and Signal Detection; 3.4.1 Comodulation Masking Release ; 3.4.2 The Comodulation Detection Difference ; 3.4.3 Relevance of CMR and CDD to Natural Listening Environments; 3.5 Auditory Scene Analysis and Perceptual Restoration of Signals; 3.6 Auditory Streaming of Sound Sequences; 3.6.1 Subjective and Objective Measures of Auditory Streaming in Humans; 3.6.2 Subjective and Objective Measures of Auditory Streaming in Starlings.
3.6.3 Neural Correlates of Auditory Streaming Based on Frequency Differences3.6.4 Auditory Streaming Based on Temporal Differences; 3.7 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 4: Mate Searching Animals as Model Systems for Understanding Perceptual Grouping; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Auditory Grouping; 4.2.1 Auditory Grouping Cues; 4.2.2 Auditory Streaming; 4.2.2.1 Spatial Cues for Streaming; 4.2.2.2 Spectral Cues for Streaming; 4.2.3 Simultaneous Grouping; 4.3 Cross-Modal Grouping; 4.3.1 Anuran Multisensory Communication; 4.3.1.1 Cross-Modal Grouping in Túngara Frogs.
4.3.1.2 Cross-Modal Grouping in Treefrogs4.3.2 Beyond Bimodal Grouping; 4.4 Summary and Future Directions; References; Chapter 5: Why Complex Signals Matter, Sometimes ; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Model; 5.2.1 Alternative Actions, Uncertainty About Actions, Payoffs, and Signals; 5.2.2 Reliabilities; 5.2.3 Preliminaries: When Should a Single Signal Be Followed?; 5.3 Following Two Signals; 5.4 Effects of Environmental Uncertainty and Signal Reliability; 5.5 Environmental Uncertainty and Complex Signaling; 5.6 Economic Benefits Versus Psychological Benefits; 5.7 Limitations of this Approach.