Behavioral responses to jamming and 'phantom' jamming stimuli in the weakly electric fish Eigenmannia

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

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 927-941

  Carlson, Bruce A ^a   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric organ discharge; Illusion; Jamming avoidance response; Perception; Sensory integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GYMNOTIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GYMNOTIFORMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 34548324426     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0246-6     Document Type: Article

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