title: Adaptive vocal behavior drives perception by echolocation in bats.
abstract: Echolocation operates through adaptive sensorimotor systems that collectively enable the bat to localize and track sonar objects as it flies. The features of sonar signals used by a bat to probe its surroundings determine the information available to its acoustic imaging system. In turn, the bat's perception of a complex scene guides its active adjustments in the features of subsequent sonar vocalizations. Here, we propose that the bat's active vocal-motor behaviors play directly into its representation of a dynamic auditory scene.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Department of Psychology, Biology-Psychology Building, College Park, MD 20742, United States. cmoss@psyc.umd.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surlykke
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004455:Echolocation / Q000502:physiology*; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*