Detection of human echolocator mouth-click signal using bio-inspired processing by Saleh, Nur Luqman

“…For almost a century, the fundamental and understanding of development radar and sonar application have been inspired by animal echolocation until today. What is lesser known is that there is a group of humans (often blind people) who have developed amazing skills and proficiency in using echolocation in their daily life. …”
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A neuron model with unbalanced synaptic weights explains the asymmetric effects of anaesthesia on the auditory cortex. by Luciana López-Jury, Francisco García-Rosales, Eugenia González-Palomares, Johannes Wetekam, Michael Pasek, Julio C Hechavarria

“…Neuron models predicted that ketamine affects the contextual discrimination of sounds regardless of the type of context heard by the animals (echolocation or communication sounds). However, empirical evidence showed that the predicted effect of ketamine occurs only if the acoustic context consists of low-pitched sounds (e.g., communication calls in bats). …”
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What determines the information update rate in echolocating bats by Mor Taub, Aya Goldshtein, Arjan Boonman, Ofri Eitan, Edward Hurme, Stefan Greif, Yossi Yovel

“…The acquisition rate of most sensory systems is fixed and has been optimized by evolution to the needs of the animal. Echolocating bats have the ability to adjust their sensory update rate which is determined by the intervals between emissions - the inter-pulse intervals (IPI). …”
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Tongue-driven sonar beam steering by a lingual-echolocating fruit bat. by Wu-Jung Lee, Benjamin Falk, Chen Chiu, Anand Krishnan, Jessica H Arbour, Cynthia F Moss

“…As active sensing animals, echolocating bats also aim their directional sonar beam to selectively "illuminate" a confined volume of space, facilitating efficient information processing by reducing echo interference and clutter. …”
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Object recognition via echoes: quantifying the crossmodal transfer of three-dimensional shape information between echolocation, vision, and haptics by Santani Teng, Caroline Danforth, Caroline Danforth, Nickolas Paternoster, Nickolas Paternoster, Michael Ezeana, Michael Ezeana, Amrita Puri

“…Active echolocation allows blind individuals to explore their surroundings via self-generated sounds, similarly to dolphins and other echolocating animals. Echolocators emit sounds, such as finger snaps or mouth clicks, and parse the returning echoes for information about their surroundings, including the location, size, and material composition of objects. …”
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