From static electric images to electric flow: Towards dynamic perceptual cues in active electroreception

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 95-106

  Hofmann, Volker ^a   Sanguinetti Scheck, Juan I ^b   Gómez Sena, Leonel ^b   Engelmann, Jacob ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Distance estimation; Electric fish; Electric image; Electrolocation; Model; Orientation; Spatiotemporal analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII; KINEMATICS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875814772     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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