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  • Neuroscience
  • Animal Behavior

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  • Sound signals undergo spectral distortions influenced by speaker-listener position and environment geometry.
  • Understanding these distortions is vital for research with freely-moving animals in large arenas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a comprehensive acoustic calibration pipeline for large arenas.
  • To enable precise 3D acoustic localization of freely-moving animals.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented a calibration pipeline using Golay complementary sequences to estimate environmental impulse responses.
  • Developed a sound-based 3D localization method for freely-moving animals.

Main Results:

  • Characterized impulse responses dominated by a few strong reflections.
  • Achieved 1.5 cm accuracy in 3D localization using only acoustic cues.
  • Provided guidelines for environment and sound design to ensure uniform sound levels.

Conclusions:

  • This work introduces the first large-scale acoustic calibration and localization pipeline for neuroscience studies.
  • Principled acoustic sampling enhances the design and control of auditory information for freely-moving animals.