Resonant neurons and bushcricket behaviour.
The resonant properties of the intrinsic dynamics of single neurons could play a direct role in behaviour. One plausible role is in the recognition of temporal patterns, such as that seen in the auditory communication systems of Orthoptera. Recent behavioural data from bushcrickets suggests that this behaviour has interesting resonance properties, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Here we show that a very simple and general model for neural resonance could directly account for the different behavioural responses of bushcrickets to different song patterns.
Webb
Barbara
B
Institute for Perception, Action and Behaviour, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. bwebb@inf.ed.ac.uk
Wessnitzer
Jan
J
Bush
Sarah
S
Schul
Johannes
J
Buchli
Jonas
J
Ijspeert
Auke
A
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006135:Gryllidae / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D013018:Sound Spectrography