Hearing Where Things Are: Sound Localization By Echolocating Bats - Couverture souple

Aytekin, Murat

 
9783639099331: Hearing Where Things Are: Sound Localization By Echolocating Bats
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639099338 ISBN 13 : 9783639099331
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Synopsis

Echolocating bats rely mainly on their biologicalsonar system to navigate and capture pray. Batsperceive direction, distance and identity of objectsin space by emitting brief ultrasound pulses andlistening to the echoes returned. By investigatingdirectional properties of the bat sonar system viaacoustic measurements of external ears and soundemission directivities this study revealsdirection-dependent acoustic cues that are availableto bats for localizing echo sources in space. It alsobrings out the necessity of the extra-auditoryinformation for the interpretation of the acousticspatial information. The book further focuses on howan organism could learn to localize sound sourceswithout any a priori neural representation of itsdirection-dependent acoustic cues or prior experiencewith auditory spatial information. A sensorimotormodel is proposed to address this question revealshow different aspects of sound localization, e.g.experience-dependent acquisition, adaptation, andextra-auditory influences, can be joined under acomprehensive framework for the first time.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Echolocating bats rely mainly on their biologicalsonar system to navigate and capture pray. Batsperceive direction, distance and identity of objectsin space by emitting brief ultrasound pulses andlistening to the echoes returned. By investigatingdirectional properties of the bat sonar system viaacoustic measurements of external ears and soundemission directivities this study revealsdirection-dependent acoustic cues that are availableto bats for localizing echo sources in space. It alsobrings out the necessity of the extra-auditoryinformation for the interpretation of the acousticspatial information. The book further focuses on howan organism could learn to localize sound sourceswithout any a priori neural representation of itsdirection-dependent acoustic cues or prior experiencewith auditory spatial information. A sensorimotormodel is proposed to address this question revealshow different aspects of sound localization, e.g.experience-dependent acquisition, adaptation, andextra-auditory influences, can be joined under acomprehensive framework for the first time.

Biographie de l'auteur

Murat Aytekin obtained his Ph.D at the University of Maryland,College Park in neuroscience and cognitive sciences. Currentlycontinues his research as a post doctoral fellow at theUniversity of Maryland, Institute for System Research. Hisresearch interests involve echolocation, auditory spatialperception and intelligent systems.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639099338
ISBN 13 
9783639099331
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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Personne responsable
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