Auditory spatial acuity approximates the resolving power of space-specific neurons.

The relationship between neuronal acuity and behavioral performance was assessed in the barn owl (Tyto alba), a nocturnal raptor renowned for its ability to localize sounds and for the topographic representation of auditory space found in the midbrain. We measured discrimination of sound-source sepa...

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Main Authors: Avinash D S Bala, Matthew W Spitzer, Terry T Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1925148?pdf=render