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Integrated neurophysiological behavioural and modelling studies of acoustic pattern recognition and orientation

Reference	S17933
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Barbara Webb
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Richard Reeve
Institution	University of Edinburgh
Department	Psychology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	113,756
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/08/2003
End date	31/07/2005
Duration	24 months

Abstract

Auditory processing in the cricket will be explored to investigate neural coding principles and the link between neural circuits, sensorimotor systems and behaviour. In contrast to previous studies our recent models and neurophysiological data emphasise the importance of afferents and first order interneurons for pattern recognition and orientation. To test these new hypotheses we will integrate behavioural, neurophysiological and robot experiments, using identical acoustic stimuli paradigms including complex sound fields. Recordings from auditory afferents and identified interneurons will be analysed in relation to behavioural results and directly used to fine- tune an artificial neuronal network controlling phonotactic steering of a robot. (Joint with grant 17898).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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S17898 Integrated neurophysiological behavioural and robotic modelling studies of acoustic pattern recognition and orientation

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