Behavioural sensitivity to binaural spatial cues in ferrets: evidence for plasticity in the duplex theory of sound localization.

Journal article

For over a century, the duplex theory has guided our understanding of human sound localization in the horizontal plane. According to this theory, the auditory system uses interaural time differences (ITDs) and interaural level differences (ILDs) to localize low-frequency and high-frequency sounds, respectively. Whilst this theory successfully accounts for the localization of tones by humans, some species show very different behaviour. Ferrets are widely used for studying both clinical and fun...

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Authors: Keating, P; Nodal, F; King, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European journal of neuroscience
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 197-206
• Publication date: 2014-01-01
• DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12402
• EISSN: 1460-9568
• ISSN: 0953-816X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Psychophysics; Ferrets; Acoustic Stimulation; Time Factors; Auditory Threshold; Neuronal Plasticity; Task Performance and Analysis; Sound Localization; Models, Neurological; Cues; Acoustics; Practice (Psychology); Female