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Psychoacoustic Studies in Bats

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Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics

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Two examples of psychoacoustic experiments with bats are discussed: determination of masked auditory thresholds in Tadarida brasiliensis, and pitch classification by Megaderma lyra. In both cases, a two-alternative, forced choice procedure is combined with a probit analysis of data.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Universität München, Luisenstraße 14, 80333, München, Germany

    Sabine Schmidt

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  1. Institut für Zoologie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    G. M. Klump

  2. Psychology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA

    R. J. Dooling

  3. Department of Psychology Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60626, USA

    R. R. Fay

  4. Psychology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1346, USA

    W. C. Stebbins

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Schmidt, S. (1995). Psychoacoustic Studies in Bats. In: Klump, G.M., Dooling, R.J., Fay, R.R., Stebbins, W.C. (eds) Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics. BioMethods. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7463-2_11

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