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| Title |
Characterisation of whisker control in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) during a complex, dynamic sensorimotor task
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| Published in |
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00359-014-0931-1 |
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| Authors |
Alyx O. Milne, Robyn A. Grant |
| Abstract |
Studies in pinniped whisker use have shown that their whiskers are extremely sensitive to tactile and hydrodynamic signals. While pinnipeds position their whiskers on to objects and have some control over their whisker protractions, it has always been thought that head movements are more responsible for whisker positioning than the movement of the whiskers themselves. This study uses ball balancing, a dynamic sensorimotor skill that is often used in human and robotic coordination studies, to promote sea lion whisker movements during the task. For the first time, using tracked video footage, we show that sea lion whisker movements respond quickly (26.70 ms) and mirror the movement of the ball, much more so than the head. We show that whisker asymmetry and spread are both altered to help sense and control the ball during balancing. We believe that by designing more dynamic sensorimotor tasks we can start to characterise the active nature of this specialised sensory system in pinnipeds. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 15% |
| Researcher | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 12% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 32% |
| Unknown | 4 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 38% |
| Engineering | 7 | 21% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 July 2021.
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