How the Barn Owl Computes Auditory Space

Benedikt Grothe

doi:10.1016/j.tins.2018.01.004

How the Barn Owl Computes Auditory Space

Trends Neurosci. 2018 Mar;41(3):115-117. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2018.01.004.

Author

Benedikt Grothe¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Munich, Martinsried, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany. Electronic address: grothe@lmu.de.

PMID: 29499770
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2018.01.004

Abstract

In a series of seminal behavioral and electrophysiological experiments, Knudsen and Konishi studied the mechanisms of hearing. Their 1979 article showed how the barn owl utilizes unique anatomical features for creating a systematic internal representation of auditory space. This established the barn owl as a prime model for studying sensory systems.

Keywords: barn owl; computational maps; interaural disparities; sound localization.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acoustic Stimulation / methods
Animals
Auditory Pathways / physiology*
Auditory Perception / physiology*
Hearing / physiology*
Humans
Neurons / physiology
Strigiformes / physiology*