Active tactile sensing for localization of objects by the cockroach antenna

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

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 715-726

  Okada, Jiro ^a   Toh, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active tactile sensing; Antenna; Cockroach; Insect; Mechanoreception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; TIME; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PERIPLANETA; SENSE ORGANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 33745727072     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0106-9     Document Type: Article

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