The Mormyrid Optic Tectum Is a Topographic Interface for Active Electrolocation and Visual Sensing

The African weakly electric fish Gnathonemus petersii is capable of cross-modal object recognition using its electric sense or vision. Thus, object features stored in the brain are accessible by multiple senses, either through connections between unisensory brain regions or because of multimodal rep...

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Main Authors: Malou Zeymer, Gerhard von der Emde, Mario F. Wullimann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnana.2018.00079/full