Seeing Through Sound: Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Perceive the Spatial Structure of Objects Through Echolocation

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 292-305

  Herman, Louis M ^a,d   Pack, Adam A ^b,d   Hoffmann Kuhnt, Matthias ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^c Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory

^d Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOLPHIN; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOLPHINS; ECHOLOCATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0032160331     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.3.292     Document Type: Article

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