Re: animal sound localization

[Peter Lennox <P.Lennox@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

as a rule of thumb, it might seem plausible that species that have evolved with fredom of movement in 3 dimensions might need better equivalence in acuity in three dimensions, so vertical would be important. Just speculative, though
regards
ppl

Dr. Peter Lennox
S.P.A.R.G.
Signal Processing Applications Research Group
University of Derby
http://sparg.derby.ac.uk  
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>>> Chris Clark <cwc2@xxxxxxxxxxx> 10/31/07 2:07 PM >>>
Bats!
owls are passive locators - so be sure you differentiate between these two 
mechanisms.

... and you are asking about scientific examples of such. FYI - There are 
observations of large whales doing things - like counter-calling over long 
distances and then joining up - that seem to have an explanation in this 
domain. Some of these have been scientifically validated by playback 
experiments, but these are not able to test vertical acuity. Whales also 
find food resources through either active or passive acoustic localization 
in 3-space.

chris

At 04:38 PM 10/30/2007, D.W. Smith wrote:
>Tyto alba, the barn owl.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception
>[mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Keith Branstetter
>Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:25 PM
>To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: animal sound localization
>
>Hello.
>
>Are there any examples of an animal (besides a dolphin) who can localize
>sound sources in the vertical plane with the same (or similar or better)
>acuity as the horizontal plane?
>
>Are there any references to such a finding?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>
>Brian Branstetter
>NRC postdoc
>US Navy marine mammal program

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