title: Signal detection by means of phase coherence induced through phase resetting.
abstract: Detection and location of moving prey utilizing electrosense or mechanosense is a strategy commonly followed by animals which cannot rely on visual sense or hearing. In this paper we consider the possibility to detect the source of a localized stimulus that travels along a chain of detectors at constant speed. The detectors are autonomous oscillators whose frequencies have a given natural spread. The detection mechanism is based on phase coherence which is built up by phase resetting induced by the passing stimulus.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 110, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Naundorf
authors.forename: Jan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Freund