Feedback control in active sensing: Rat exploratory whisking is modulated by environmental contact

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1613, 2007, Pages 1035-1041

  Mitchinson, Ben ^a   Martin, Chris J ^a   Grant, Robyn A ^a   Prescott, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Motor pattern generation; Rat whisking; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MOVEMENT; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL; TRACKING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRISSA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RATS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34249941567     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0347     Document Type: Article

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