Visual-auditory integration for visual search: a behavioral study in barn owls

Barn owls are nocturnal predators that rely on both vision and hearing for survival. The optic tectum of barn owls, a midbrain structure involved in selective attention, has been used as a model for studying visual- auditory integration at the neuronal level. However, behavioral data on visual- audi...

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Main Authors: Yael eHazan, Inna eYarin, Yonatan eKra, Hermann eWagner, Yoram eGutfreund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2015.00011/full