Object classification by echolocation in nectar feeding bats: Size-independent generalization of shape

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

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 515-521

  Von Helversen, D ^a   Von Helversen, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echo acoustic object recognition; Generalisation; Glossophaga; Size independence; Spectral structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORM PERCEPTION; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 4644239179     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0492-9     Document Type: Article

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