Sound-localization experiments with barn owls in virtual space: Influence of broadband interaural level difference on head-turning behavior

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

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-233

  Poganiatz, Iris ^a   Wagner, Hermann ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Auditory; HRTF; Psychophysics; Spatial hearing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEAD; HEARING; LOCOMOTION; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HEAD; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; STRIGIFORMES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ANIMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0035014364     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100193     Document Type: Article

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