Spatial acuity and prey detection in weakly electric fish

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 0402-0411

  Babineau, David ^a   Lewis, John E ^a   Longtin, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXTRACTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BACKGROUND SIGNALS; BEHAVIORAL LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; DEVELOPED MODEL; SENSORY INFORMATION; SIGNAL EXTRACTION; SPATIAL ACUITY; SUB-MICROSECOND; TIME INTERVAL; WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH;

FISH;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY SURFACE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; NONHUMAN; PREY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC ORGAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALIA; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 34047205099     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030038     Document Type: Article

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