Sensory exotica : a world beyond human experience /

Sensory exotica : a world beyond human experience /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hughes, Howard C.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 345 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Bradford Bks. Bradford Bks.
Subject:	Senses and sensation. Physiology, Comparative. Echolocation (Physiology) Electroreceptors. Magnetoreception. Pheromones. Physiology, Comparative. Sensation. Echolocation (Physiology) Electroreceptors. Magnetoreception. Pheromones. Physiology, Comparative. Senses and sensation. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11107038

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ISBN:	0585196524 9780585196527 9780262082792 0262082799 0262082799 9780262275866 0262275864 9780262582049 026258204X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"The book is divided into four parts: biosonar, biological compasses, electroreception, and the scents of attraction. Although it is filled with fascinating descriptions of animal sensitivities - the sonar system of a bat, for example, rivals that of the most sophisticated human-made devices - the author's goal is to explain the anatomical and physiological principles that underlie them. Knowledge of these mechanisms has practical applications in areas as diverse as marine navigation, biomedical sciences, and nontoxic pest control. It can also help us to obtain a deeper understanding of more familiar sensory systems and the brain in general."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Hughes, Howard C. Sensory exotica. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999 0262082799

Table of Contents:

Prologue: perceptions, misperceptions, and egocentrism
I. Biosonar: echoes in the night
The discovery
The bat call
Processing the echo
The sonar receiver
Variations on a theme: sonar beneath the seas
A different kind of sonar transmitter: the dolphin call
The dolphin's sonar receiver
II. Biological compasses
Maps, mobility, and the need for a compass
Animal migration: a compass in the head?
The search for the magnetoreceptor
The sun compass of bees and ants
III. Electroreception: an ancient sense
The discovery of electroreception
The electoreceptor
The nature of electroreceptors
The electric organ
Electroreception in the social context: better living through electricity
IV. The scents of attraction
Chemical communication via pheromones
Mammalian pheromones
Human pheromones?