The electric sense of electric fish is an alien sense to us for which we have no intuition.
Starting with Hans Lissmann's early studies in the 1950s, step-by-step we have gained more …

Animal communication plays an essential role in triggering diverse behaviors. It is believed
in this regard that signal production by a sender and its perception by a receiver is co …

Synchronous activity in populations of neurons potentially encodes special stimulus
features. Selective readout of either synchronous or asynchronous activity allows formation …

During interactive communication, animals occasionally cease producing communication
signals. The behavioral significance of resumed communication signals following a …

Electrocommunication and-localization behaviors of weakly electric fish have been studied
extensively in the lab, mostly by means of short-term observations on constrained fish. Far …

Animal communication signals that simultaneously share the same sensory channel are
likely to co-evolve to maximize the transmission of each signal component. Weakly electric …

As communication signal properties change, through genetic drift or selective pressure, the
sensory systems that receive these signals must also adapt to maintain sensitivity and …

Weakly electric fish use electrosensory, visual, olfactory and lateral line information to guide
foraging and navigation behaviors. In many cases they preferentially rely on electrosensory …

Accurate perception of objects within the environment independent of context is essential for
the survival of an organism. While neurons that respond in an invariant manner to identity …

Locking of neural firing is ubiquitously observed in the brain and occurs when neurons fire at
a particular phase or in synchronization with an external signal. Here we study in detail the …