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SUMMARY:Processing of temporal patterns in the auditory system of grasshop
 pers - Bernd Ronacher\, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
DTSTART:20160513T150000Z
DTEND:20160513T163000Z
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CONTACT:Jimena Berni
DESCRIPTION:The decision with whom to mate belongs to the most crucial eve
 nts in the lifetime of an animal. Using a combination of behavioural tests
 \, electrophysiological recordings and modeling we investigate what cues g
 rasshoppers evaluate to assess a potential mate. For mate recognition gras
 shoppers rely primarily on the temporal pattern of acoustic signals. When 
 processing such patterns\, however\, their nervous systems face several pr
 oblems\, for example the trial-to trial variability of spike responses. I 
 will present some new insights how a change of coding principles within th
 e auditory pathway may help to circumvent this problem and how information
  about a mate’s quality is accumulated. 
LOCATION:Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room\, Physiology Building\, Department of
  Physiology\, Development and Neuroscience.
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