Auditory processing, plasticity, and learning in the barn owl

ILAR Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-352

  Peña, José L ^a   Debello, William M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Auditory space map; Barn owl (Tyto alba); Inferior colliculus; Neu roethology; Orienting behavior; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 78649660540     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.51.4.338     Document Type: Article

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