Sensory information allows animals to interpret their environment and make decisions. The
ways in which animals perceive and measure stimuli from the social and physical …

The perceptual analysis of acoustic scenes involves binding together sounds from the same
source and separating them from other sounds in the environment. In large social groups …

Choruses of acoustically signaling frogs and toads are among the most impressive acoustic
spectacles known from the natural world. They are loud, raucous social environments that …

Dip listening refers to our ability to catch brief 'acoustic glimpses' of speech and other
sounds when fluctuating background noise levels momentarily decrease. Exploiting dips in …

Proprioceptive signals about ankle motion are essential for the control of balance and gait.
However, objective, accurate methods for testing ankle motion sense in clinical settings are …

Sound source perception refers to the auditory system's ability to parse incoming sensory
information into coherent representations of distinct sound sources in the environment. Such …

Sexual traits that promote species recognition are important drivers of reproductive isolation,
especially among closely related species. Identifying neural processes that shape species …

Males of several fish species aggregate and vocalize together, increasing the detection
range of the sounds and their chances of mating. In the Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus …

Amphibians have inner ears with two sensory papillae tuned to different frequency ranges of
airborne sounds. In frogs, male advertisement calls possess distinct spectral components …

Highlights•Choice tests varied both absolute and proportional differences in call
duration.•Preference for longer calls increased with proportional difference (Weber's …