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AIAS Fellows' Seminar: Peter Teglberg, AIAS Fellow

Echolocation: Finding food with sound

Info about event

Time

Monday 24 September 2018,  at 14:15 - 16:15

Location

The AIAS Auditorium, Building 1632, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C

Organizer

AIAS

Abstract

Echolocation is a process where the animals must emit sound to generate echoes returning to the auditory system for processing, meaning that they control sensory information flow by the rate, type and direction of the sounds they produce as well as by adjusting the sensitivity of their hearing. These parameters directly influence the temporal resolution and spatial extent of their perception of their environment, enabling dynamic control of attention in response to environmental complexity and behavioral objectives.

Short bio

Peter Teglberg Madsen is a Jens Christian Skou Senior Fellow at AIAS and Professor of sensory physiology at the Institute for Bioscience, Aarhus University. He is interested in how wild animals use sensory systems to inform behavioral transitions, to find food, avoid predators and navigate. He uses small archival, multisensory tags on wild animals from bats to sperm whales to understand their sensory ecology as a function of natural and disturbed habitats.

Peter Teglberg's project at AIAS

What is a Fellows' Seminar?

The AIAS Fellows' Seminar is a session of seminars held by the AIAS fellow or by other speakers proposed by the fellows. In each seminar, one fellow will present and discuss his/her current research and research project, closing off with a question and discussion session.

All seminars are held in English and open to the public. Registration to the seminar is not necessary.  Read more about the AIAS Fellows' Seminar here.