Object localization using a biosonar beam: how opening your mouth improves localization.

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Published in R Soc Open Sci on August 26, 2015

Authors

G Arditi1, A J Weiss2, Y Yovel3

Author Affiliations

1: School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel ; Department of Zoology , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
2: School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
3: Department of Zoology , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel ; Sagol School of Neuroscience , Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.

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