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A temporal window for lateralization of interaural time difference by barn owls.

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  • 1California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology, Pasadena 91125.

Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
|September 1, 1991
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Barn owls can lateralize interaural time differences, a sound localization cue. Their auditory temporal window, crucial for processing sound, shares characteristics with humans' temporal windows.

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Area of Science:

  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Animal Behavior
  • Psychoacoustics

Background:

  • Interaural time difference (ITD) is a key cue for sound localization.
  • Understanding how animals process temporal auditory information is crucial for auditory neuroscience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the ability of barn owls (Tyto alba) to lateralize ITD under dichotic masking conditions.
  • To determine the characteristics of the owls' auditory temporal window.

Main Methods:

  • A dichotic masking experiment was conducted using sound bursts with a time-shifted probe.
  • Owls indicated detection and lateralization of the time-shift via head turns.
  • A fitting procedure (Moore et al., 1988) was used to model the temporal window's shape.

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Main Results:

  • Owls successfully lateralized the time-shifted probe, with head turn direction corresponding to the time-shift sign.
  • Decreasing probe duration reduced correct lateralization, indicating masking noise interference.
  • Minimal probe duration for lateralization decreased with decreasing burst duration, ranging from 1 to 15 ms.

Conclusions:

  • Barn owls possess a binaural auditory temporal window.
  • The shape of the owls' temporal window can be described by algorithms similar to those for the human monaural temporal window.
  • The temporal window is characterized by short and long time constants influencing its central and skirt regions, respectively.