Selective attention in a synchronising bushcricket: Physiology, behaviour and ecology

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

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 983-991

  Nityananda, Vivek ^a   Stradner, Jürgen ^b   Balakrishnan, Rohini ^a   Römer, Heinrich ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bushcricket; Mecopoda; Omega neuron; Selective attention; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ECOLOGY; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOUND;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ECOLOGY; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODICITY; SOUND;

EID: 34548363871     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0251-9     Document Type: Article

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