Active electrolocation in Gnathonemus petersii: Behaviour, sensory performance, and receptor systems

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 102, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 279-290

  von der Emde, Gerhard ^a   Amey, Monique ^a   Engelmann, Jacob ^a   Fetz, Steffen ^a   Folde, Caroline ^a   Hollmann, Michael ^a   Metzen, Michael ^a   Pusch, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Electric fovea; Electric image; Environmental imaging; Object perception; Prereceptor mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY BUILD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORAGING; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPEDANCE; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREY SELECTION; RETINA FOVEA; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN SURFACE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FISH; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58649104414     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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