| Bats use echo harmonic structure to distinguish their targets from background clutter. | |
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PMID: 21798949 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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When echolocating big brown bats fly in complex surroundings, echoes arriving from irrelevant objects (clutter) located to the sides of their sonar beam can mask perception of relevant objects located to the front (targets), causing "blind spots." Because the second harmonic is beamed more weakly to the sides than the first harmonic, these clutter echoes have a weaker second harmonic. In psychophysical experiments, we found that electronically misaligning first and second harmonics in echoes (to mimic the misalignment of corresponding neural responses to harmonics in clutter echoes) disrupts the bat's echo-delay perception but also prevents clutter masking. Electronically offsetting harmonics to realign their neural responses restores delay perception but also clutter interference. Thus, bats exploit harmonics to distinguish clutter echoes from target echoes, sacrificing delay acuity to suppress masking. |
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Mary E Bates; James A Simmons; Tengiz V Zorikov |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 333 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-07-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 627-30 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Box 1853, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. maryebates@gmail.com |
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R01-MH069633/MH/NIMH NIH HHS |
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Science. 2011 Jul 29;333(6042):528-9
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