Department of Psychology

Lesion Studies

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Review Articles

Heffner, H. E. (2004). The neurobehavioral study of auditory cortex. In P. Heil, R. König, E. Budinger, and H. Scheich (Eds.) Auditory Cortex -Towards a Synthesis of Human and Animal Research" Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah NJ, pp. 111-126.

Heffner, H. E. and Heffner, R. S. (2003). Audition. In S. F. Davis (Ed.) Handbook of Research Methods in Experimental Psychology, pp. 413-440. Blackwell: Malden, MA.

Heffner, H. E. (1997). The role of macaque auditory cortex in sound localization. Acta Oto-Laryngologica Supplement, 532, 22-27.

Heffner, H. E. & Heffner, R. S. (1995). Role of auditory cortex in the perception of communicative vocalizations by Japanese macaques. In E. Zimmermann, J. Newman, and U. Juergens (Eds.), Current Topics in Primate Communication. (pp. 207-219). Plenum: New York.

Heffner, H.E. & Heffner, R.S. (1994). Lateralization of the perception of communicative vocalizations in Japanese macaques. In J.R. Anderson, J.J. Roeder, B. Thierry, and N. Herrenschmidt (Eds.), Current Primatology, Vol. III, Behavioural Neuroscience, Physiology and Reproduction. (pp. 1-8). Strasbourg: Universite Louis Pasteur.

Heffner, H. E., & Heffner, R. S. (1990). Role of primate auditory cortex in hearing. In W. C. Stebbins & M. Berkley (Eds.), Comparative perception, Vol. II: Communication. (pp. 279-310). New York: Wiley & Sons.

Heffner, H. E. (1987). Ferrier and the study of auditory cortex. Archives of Neurology, 44, 218-221.

Heffner, H., & Masterton, B. (1978). Contribution of auditory cortex to hearing in the monkey (Macaca mulatta). In D. J. Chivers & J. Herbert (Eds.), Recent advances in primatology--Vol. I, Behaviour. (pp. 735-754). New York: Academic Press.

Macaques

Heffner, H. E. and Harrington, I. A. (2003). Intensity discrimination following cortical lesions in macaques: Detection of increments, decrements, and amplitude modulation. Abstracts of the Twenty Sixth Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 26, 233.

Harrington, I. A. and Heffner, H. E. (2002). A behavioral investigation of "separate processing streams" within macaque auditory cortex. Abstracts of the Twenty Fifth Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 25, 120.

Harrington, I. A., Heffner, R. S., and Heffner, H. E. (2001). An investigation of sensory deficits underlying the aphasia-like behavior of macaques with auditory cortex lesions. NeuroReports, 12, 1217-1221.

Heffner, H. E. & Heffner, R. S. (1990). Effect of bilateral auditory cortex lesions on sound localization in Japanese macaques. Journal of Neurophysiology, 64, 915-931.

Heffner, H. E. & Heffner, R. S. (1990). Effect of bilateral auditory cortex lesions on absolute thresholds in Japanese macaques. Journal of Neurophysiology, 64, 191-205.

Heffner, H. E., & Heffner, R. S. (1989). Unilateral auditory cortex ablation in macaques results in a contralateral hearing loss. Journal of Neurophysiology, 62, 789-801.

Hood, L. J., & Heffner, H. E. (1989). Auditory evoked potentials in normal and lesioned Japanese macaques. Abstracts of the Twelfth Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 26-27.

Heffner, H. E., & Heffner, R. S. (1989). Cortical deafness cannot account for the inability of Japanese macaques to discriminate species-specific vocalizations. Brain and Language, 36, 275-285.

Heffner, H. E., & Heffner, R. S. (1989). Effect of restricted cortical lesions on absolute thresholds and aphasia-like deficits in Japanese macaques.Behavioral Neuroscience, 103, 158-169.

Heffner, H. E. & Heffner, R. S. (1986). Hearing loss in Japanese macaques following bilateral auditory cortex lesions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 55, 256-271.

Heffner, H. E., & Heffner, R. S. (1986). Effect of unilateral and bilateral auditory cortex lesions on the discrimination of vocalizations by Japanese macaques. Journal of Neurophysiology, 56, 683-701.

Heffner, H. E., & Heffner, R. S. (1984). Effect of temporal lobe lesions on the perception of species specific vocalizations by Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). Science, 226, 75-76.

Heffner, H., & Masterton, B. (1975). Contribution of auditory cortex to sound localization in the monkey (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Neurophysiology, 38, 1340-1358.

Dogs

Heffner, R. S., & Heffner, H. E. (1984). Hearing loss in dogs after lesions of the brachium of the inferior colliculus and medial geniculate. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 230, 207-217.

Heffner, H. (1978). Effect of auditory cortex ablation on localization and discrimination of brief sounds. Journal of Neurophysiology, 41, 963-976.

Heffner, H. (1977). Effect of auditory cortex ablation on the perception of meaningful sounds. Neuroscience Abstracts, 3, 6.

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