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Sound-localization Experiments in Owls

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Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics

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The sound-localization capability of owls can be analyzed at many different levels of investigation, from observations in the natural environment to controlled studies in the sound-proof chamber. The virtues of the approaches at the different levels are reviewed in this paper with an emphasis on laboratory studies. The most widely utilized sound-localization behavior measured in the laboratory are movements of the head toward a sound source. A method is described for sound presentation, data recording and analysis.

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  1. Institut für Zoologie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, D-85747, Garching, Germany

    Hermann Wagner

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  1. Institut für Zoologie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    G. M. Klump

  2. Psychology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA

    R. J. Dooling

  3. Department of Psychology Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60626, USA

    R. R. Fay

  4. Psychology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1346, USA

    W. C. Stebbins

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Wagner, H. (1995). Sound-localization Experiments in Owls. In: Klump, G.M., Dooling, R.J., Fay, R.R., Stebbins, W.C. (eds) Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics. BioMethods. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7463-2_16

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