Browsing Theses by Subject "Animal hearing"
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Attention and individual behavioural variation in small-brained animals – using bumblebees and zebrafish as model systems
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)A vital ability for an animal is to filter the constant flow of sensory input from the environment to focus on the most important information. Attention is used to prioritize sensory input for adaptive responses. The ... -
A Comparative Study of the Evolution of Mammalian High-Frequency Hearing and Echolocation
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012-02)The lineage that gave rise to mammals split from other basal amniotes, approximately 300 million years ago. Since then, mammals have evolved many sensory novelties, including high-frequency hearing and echolocation. ...