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How birds distinguish where a specific sound is coming from


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Nagoya University physiologists have furthered understanding of the bird neural circuitry that allows them to distinguish where a specific sound is coming from. Their findings, published in the journal Science Advances, could help scientists understand the basics of how mammalianbrains compute the time difference between a single sound arriving at each individual ear, known as 'interaural time difference." This ability is an integral component of sound localization.

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