Active sensing via movement shapes spatiotemporal patterns of sensory feedback

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1567-1574

  Stamper, Sarah A ^a   Roth, Eatai ^b   Cowan, Noah J ^b   Fortune, Eric S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Electroreception; Sensory volume; Shaping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DARKNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84860163488     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068007     Document Type: Article

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