Sensory flow shaped by active sensing: Sensorimotor strategies in electric fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2487-2500

  Hofmann, Volker ^a   Sanguinetti Scheck, Juan I ^b   Künzel, Silke ^a   Geurten, Bart ^c   Gómez Sena, Leonel ^b   Engelmann, Jacob ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Electric fish; Electric image; Electrosensory lateral line lobe; Reafferent noise; Sensory flow

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SENSING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC IMAGE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROSENSORY LATERAL LINE LOBE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REAFFERENT NOISE; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY FLOW;

ACTIVE SENSING; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC IMAGE; ELECTROSENSORY LATERAL LINE LOBE; REAFFERENT NOISE; SENSORY FLOW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; SENSATION;

ANIMALIA; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII; HEXAPODA; MORMYRIDAE;

EID: 84879530567     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082420     Document Type: Review

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