Information-Processing by Pigeons
- 5 May 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 176 (4034) , 535-536
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.176.4034.535
Abstract
Audiograms are sharply tuned to a frequency close to the second harmonic of the pulse. The tuning, which is much sharper than previously reported for any vertebrate receptor, provides a mechanism whereby the bat can effectively perceive echoes even during periods of pulse-echo overlap.Keywords
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