Comparative study of sound localization and its anatomical correlates in mammals

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 532, 1997, Pages 46-53

  Heffner, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory space; Evolution; Orienting; Retina; Sound localization; Spatial perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEARING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030608731     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709126144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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