An argument for using ethologically "natural" behaviors as estimates of unobservable sensory processes. Focus on "sound localization performance in the cat: The effect of restraining the head"

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1136-1137

  Sparks, David L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CAT; EDITORIAL; ETHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING REFLEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; ETHOLOGY; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 14144256187     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01109.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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