A Silicon Model Of Auditory Localization

被引:62
作者
Lazzaro, John [1 ]
Mead, Carver A. [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Dept Comp Sci, MS 256-80, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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D O I
10.1162/neco.1989.1.1.47
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
The barn owl accurately localizes sounds in the azimuthal plane, using interaural time difference as a cue. The time-coding pathway in the owl's brain stem encodes a neural map of azimuth, by processing interaural timing information. We have built a silicon model of the time-coding pathway of the owl. The integrated circuit models the structure as well as the function of the pathway; most sub circuits in the chip have an anatomical correlate. The chip computes all outputs in real time, using analog, continuous-time processing.
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