Pupillary dilation response as an indicator of auditory discrimination in the barn owl

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-434

  Bala, A D S ^a   Takahashi, T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency discrimination; Habituation; Minimum audible angle; Psychoacoustics; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0034042059     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050442     Document Type: Article

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