Fast feedback in active sensing: touch-induced changes to whisker-object interaction.

Whisking mediated touch is an active sense whereby whisker movements are modulated by sensory input and behavioral context. Here we studied the effects of touching an object on whisking in head-fixed rats. Simultaneous movements of whiskers C1, C2, and D1 were tracked bilaterally and their movements...

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Main Authors: Dudi Deutsch, Maciej Pietr, Per Magne Knutsen, Ehud Ahissar, Elad Schneidman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445569?pdf=render