Extracting Social Information from Chemosensory Cues: Consideration of Several Scenarios and their Functional Implications

Across all sensory modalities, stimuli can vary along multiple dimensions. Efficient extraction of information requires sensitivity to those stimulus dimensions that provide behaviorally relevant information. To derive social information from chemosensory cues, sensory systems must embed information...

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Main Author: Yoram eBen-Shaul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00439/full