Bats use a neuronally implemented computational acoustic model to form sonar images

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-319

  Simmons, James A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOLOCATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84860353528     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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