The role of frequency, phase and time for processing of amplitude modulated signals by grasshoppers

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

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-233

  Schmidt, A ^a   Ronacher, B ^a   Hennig, R M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Auditory processing; Fourier analysis; Missing fundamental; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HEARING; LARVA; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; LARVA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43149119471     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0295-x     Document Type: Article

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