Resolution in azimuth sound localization in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1029-1036

  Maier, Julia K ^a   Klump, Georg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH SOUND LOCALIZATION; MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS); NARROW-BAND NOISE STIMULI; TWO-ALTERNATIVE-FORCED-CHOICE PROCEDURE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; LOUDSPEAKERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GERBIL; HEARING ACUITY; MALE; MONGOLIA; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 31744444666     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2159429     Document Type: Article

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