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We present a model of the first stage in the part of the barn owl’s auditory system which computes the elevation of a sound from the pressure levels at the ears. We also give a detailed description of our simulations of the model. Using several novel techniques, a few seconds of real time on a Sun Sparestation are sufficeint to simulate 2000 neurons for 100 milliseconds of simulated time. The response properties of the model neurons are a good match to those of real neurons.
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Spence, C.D., Pearson, J.C. (1992). Models of the Computation of Sound Elevation in the Barn Owl. In: Eeckman, F.H. (eds) Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4010-6_30
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