Cricket phonotaxis: localization depends on recognition of the calling song pattern

Stabel, Jasmine; Wendler, Gernot; Scharstein, Hans

doi:10.1007/bf00619191

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“…Our data in Fig. 2 are consistent with previous observations by Wendler (1989) and Stabel et al (1989) as females turn towards the side with the more attractive pattern at equal intensities. Moreover, our results of the experiments with the tone burst from one side also confirm their observations, although their experimental design was different, as the attractive pattern was presented from above.…”

Section: Discussion Signal Representation and Cues For Decision Makingsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Thus localization is not independent of pattern recognition. Earlier experiments confronting females with choice situations are consistent with our results and the scheme of serial processing because females showed either no preference for one of two equal patterns presented at the same sound intensity, or turned towards the louder of two patterns (Doherty, 1985;Weber and Thorson, 1988;Wendler, 1989;Stabel et al, 1989).…”

Section: Serial or Parallel Processing Of Recognition And Localizationsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…In the schemes of serial processing proposed for crickets and bushcrickets, the inputs of both ears remain separated and the patterns are recognized by two bilaterally paired neuronal networks (Doherty, 1985;Pollack, 1986Pollack, , 1988Stabel et al, 1989;Wendler, 1989;Schul et al, 1998;Römer and Krusch, 2000). Intensity differences, but also quality differences, between both sides will then determine the turning direction (Stabel et al, 1989).…”

Section: Serial or Parallel Processing Of Recognition And Localizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Intensity differences, but also quality differences, between both sides will then determine the turning direction (Stabel et al, 1989). For our model prediction, both pattern quality and intensity values were used.…”

Section: Serial or Parallel Processing Of Recognition And Localizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Popov and Shuvalov, 1977;Doherty, 1985;Pollack, 1986;Wagner, 1998). Finally, it is still unresolved whether female crickets employ serial or parallel processing of pattern and directional information during auditory processing as both scenarios have been proposed (Wendler, 1989;Stabel et al, 1989;Poulet and Hedwig, 2005). In a parallel-processing scheme, the attractiveness of a signal will depend solely on pattern quality as attractiveness will only gate the information about intensity differences for a directional decision.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Decision making and preferences for acoustic signals in choice situations by female crickets

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Multiple attributes usually have to be assessed when choosing a mate. Efficient choice of the best mate is complicated if the available cues are not positively correlated, as is often the case during acoustic communication. Because of varying distances of signalers, a female may be confronted with signals of diverse quality at different intensities. Here, we examined how available cues are weighted for a decision by female crickets. Two songs with different temporal patterns and/or sound intensities were presented in a choice paradigm and compared with female responses from a no-choice test. When both patterns were presented at equal intensity, preference functions became wider in choice situations compared with a no-choice paradigm. When the stimuli in two-choice tests were presented at different intensities, this effect was counteracted as preference functions became narrower compared with choice tests using stimuli of equal intensity. The weighting of intensity differences depended on pattern quality and was therefore non-linear. A simple computational model based on pattern and intensity cues reliably predicted female decisions. A comparison of processing schemes suggested that the computations for pattern recognition and directionality are performed in a network with parallel topology. However, the computational flow of information corresponded to serial processing.

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Section: Discussion Signal Representation and Cues For Decision Makingsupporting

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Section: Serial or Parallel Processing Of Recognition And Localizationsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Serial or Parallel Processing Of Recognition And Localizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Serial or Parallel Processing Of Recognition And Localizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Processing of auditory information in insects

Hennig

Franz

Stumpner

2004

Microscopy Res & Technique

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Insects exhibit an astonishing diversity in the design of their ears and the subsequent processing of information within their auditory pathways. The aim of this review is to summarize and compare the present concepts of auditory processing by relating behavioral performance to known neuronal mechanisms. We focus on three general aspects, that is frequency, directional, and temporal processing. The first part compares the capacity (in some insects high) for frequency analysis in the ear with the rather low specificity of tuning in interneurons by looking at Q10dB values and frequency dependent inhibition of interneurons. Since sharpening of frequency does not seem to be the prime task of a set of differently tuned receptors, alternative hypotheses are discussed. Moreover, the physiological correspondence between tonotopic projections of receptors and dendritic organization of interneurons is not in all cases strong. The second part is concerned with directional hearing and thus with the ability for angular resolution of insects. The present concepts, as derived from behavioral performances, for angular resolution versus lateralization and serial versus parallel processing of directional and pattern information can be traced to the thoracic level of neuronal processing. Contralateral inhibition, a mechanism for enhancing directional tuning, appears to be most effective in parallel pathways, whereas in serial processing it may have detrimental effects on pattern processing. The third part, after some considerations of signal analysis in the temporal domain, demonstrates that closely related species often use different combinations of temporal parameters in their recognition systems. On the thoracic level, analysis of temporal modulation functions and effects of inhibition on spiking patterns reveals relatively simple processing, whereas brain neurons may exhibit more complex properties.

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Pattern recognition and call preferences in treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae): a quantitative analysis using a no-choice paradigm

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Cricket phonotaxis: localization depends on recognition of the calling song pattern

Cited by 76 publications

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Decision making and preferences for acoustic signals in choice situations by female crickets

Decision making and preferences for acoustic signals in choice situations by female crickets

Processing of auditory information in insects

Pattern recognition and call preferences in treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae): a quantitative analysis using a no-choice paradigm

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