Binaural cross-correlation and auditory localization in the barn owl: A theoretical study

Neural Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-42

  Rucci, Michele ^a   Wray, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory localization; Barn owl; Binaural cross correlation; Inferior colliculus; Interaural time difference

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AUDITORY LOCALIZATION; BINAURAL CROSS CORRELATION; INTERAURAL LEVEL DIFFERENCES (ILD); INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCES (ITD);

NEURAL NETWORKS;

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033029206     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-6080(98)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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