Further Information
Research focus: Neural basis of auditory object localization and recognition
Key words: Mammalian auditory system, psychophysics, computational neurobiology, auditory object localization and recognition, echo-imaging, bats, spatial auditory perception, gerbils, humans
GSN students
- Graduated: Dr. Melina Heinrich, Dr. Cornelia Geberl, Dr. Ludwig Wallmeier
Selected publications:
Goerlitz HR, Genzel D and Wiegrebe L. (2012) Bats' avoidance of real and virtual objects: implications for the sonar coding of object size. Behav Processes 89: 61-7.
Lingner A, Wiegrebe L and Grothe B. (2012) Sound localization in noise by gerbils and humans. J Assoc Res Otolaryng 13: 237-248.
Heinrich M, Warmbold A, Hoffmann S, Firzlaff U and Wiegrebe L. (2011) The sonar aperture and its neural representation in bats. J Neurosci 31: 15618-27.
Siemers BM, Wiegrebe L and Grothe B. (2011) Ecology and neuroethology of bat echolocation: a tribute to Gerhard Neuweiler. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Behav Physiol 197: 399-402.
Siveke I, Leibold C, Kaiser K, Grothe B and Wiegrebe L. (2010) Level dependent latency shifts quantified through binaural processing. J Neurophysiol 104: 2224-2235.