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SUMMARY:Using Sound to Navigate the World: Echolocation 
 by Bats and Blind Humans
CONTACT;ALTREP="mailto:matthew.r.stoneking@lawrence.edu":
 Matthew R. Stoneking\, matthew.r.stoneking@lawrence.edu
DESCRIPTION:
 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture:\n
 Cynthia Moss, Professor of Psychological and Brain 
 Sciences at Johns Hopkins University\n
 Humans tend to rely heavily on vision to navigate, 
 but blind individuals must make use of other senses. 
  Indeed, some blind humans produce tongue clicks 
 and listen to echoes reflecting from objects in 
 their surroundings, similar to echolocating bats 
 and dolphins.  In this lecture, I will present 
 details on the sound features that are used for 
 echolocation by animals and blind humans and the 
 acoustic cues they use to localize objects in 
 the environment.  I will also discuss the contribution 
 of spatial attention and memory to the execution 
 of behavioral tasks without vision.  By comparing 
 echolocating animals and humans, we can identify 
 biological specializations and general principles 
 that operate to support spatial navigation\n
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 open to the public.\n\n

LOCATION:Wriston Auditorium
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