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A convergent tale of two species

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Spatial hearing in birds and mammals is more alike than previously thought in its patterns of developmental plasticity, physiological responses, and the computations employed to interpret binaural cues and map the environment.

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Figure 1: Sound localization with one ear plugged.

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  1. Shihab A. Shamma is in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department & Institute for Systems, and the Department of Cognitive Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.,

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