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Ethological Aspects of Auditory Pattern Recognition

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Perception

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((SENSORY,volume 8))

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Ethological studies of animal signals and their functions have opened a new avenue for the study of sensory and perceptual mechanisms. Animals in their natural environments do not react to every potential stimulus, but are highly selective as to which stimuli they accept. The sense organs and nervous system of each species are the products of evolution; their structure and function are adapted to the life style of the species and designed to ensure its survival. In the environment of each species there are things and events to which the species attributes special meanings such as predator, prey, mate, and offspring. The same things and events may not be perceived, or are perceived differently, by other species; therefore, each species can be said to have a unique perceptual world, as Uexküll (1909) originally conceived it.

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    Masakazu Konishi

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Konishi, M. (1978). Ethological Aspects of Auditory Pattern Recognition. In: Held, R., Leibowitz, H.W., Teuber, HL. (eds) Perception. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46354-9_9

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