Nature

Dynamic shifts in the owl's auditory space map predict moving sound location

Predicting the future state of the world is essential for generating adaptive behavior. For example, to orient the eyes toward a moving stimulus, an animal must predict the future position of the ...
Daily Mail

Barn owls have human-like neurons that allow them to make mental maps of their surroundings while flying, researchers say

Barn owls have the same special neurons — 'place cells' — that let humans make mental maps of their surroundings and these may aid their navigation while flying. This is the conclusion of a study led ...
Science Daily

Hearing Skills Of Barn Owls Could Map Way To Find Problems In Humans

The hearing precision that lets common barn owls find prey is helping researchers fine tune their quest to diagnose a variety of problems rooted in the human brain, not only with hearing but also with ...
JSTOR Daily

Early Blindness Results in a Degraded Auditory Map of Space in the Optic Tectum of the Barn Owl

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 85, No. 16 (Aug. 15, 1988), pp. 6211-6214 (4 pages) The optic tectum of the barn owl (Tyto alba) contains a neural ...
CNN

An owl’s ‘shocking’ color should hinder hunting. Scientists may have figured out why it works

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