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Norman M. Weinberger

Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Center for Hearing Research, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

Biography

Dr.Norman  M. Weinberger is a  Research Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior School of Biological Sciences. Dr. Weinberger’s research interests were in understanding the acquisition, retention, and representation of information in the cerebral cortex that underlie behavioral memory. In contrast to traditional assumptions, primary sensory cortex is a substrate of memory rather than merely a sensory analyzer.

Publications

Plasticity in the Primary Auditory Cortex, Not What You Think it is: Implications for Basic and Clinical Auditory Neuroscience

Standard beliefs that the function of the primary auditory cortex (A1) is the analysis of sound have proven to be incorrect. Its involvement in learning, memory and other complex processes in both animals and humans is now wellestablished, although often not appreciated. Auditory coding is strongly modified by associative learning, evident as assoc... Read More»

Norman M. Weinberger

Review Article: Otolaryngology 2012, S3-002

DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X.S3-002

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