Non-visual environmental imaging and object detection through active electrolocation in weakly electric fish

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-612

  Von Der Emde, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D shape; Capacitance detection; Distance; Electric fovea; Electroreception; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646442185     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0096-7     Document Type: Review

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