Sensory processing of key stimuli.- Sensorimotor interfacing.- State dependent responses.- Section I - Implications for Neuroethology.- Some ethological implications for neuroethology: The ontogeny of birdsong.- Implications for neuroethology from comparative neurophysiology.- Neuroanatomical implications for neuroethology.- Implications of insect neuroethology for studies on vertebrates.- Section II - Neural Prerequisites of Signal Localization.- Nasal chemical senses in snakes.- Brain mechanisms of visual localization by frogs and toads.- Localization of acoustic signals in the owl.- Localization with biosonar signals in bats.- Mechanisms of selective attention in mammals.- Seminar Contributions.- The functional organization of neuromasts in the lateral-line system of a cichlid fish.- Effect of signal orientation on the firing of electrosensory cells in the electric fish Eigenmannia.- Picking a route: Do toads follow rules or make plans?.- Frog prey capture behavior: Between sensory maps and directed motor output.- Visuomotor organization of pecking in the pigeon.- Specialization of visual function for different retinal areas i n the pigeon.- Localization, orienting responses, and attention in the golden hamster.- Section III - Neural Bases of Signal Identification.- Visual central processes in fish behavior.- Neuroethological analysis of the innate releasing mechanism for prey-catching behavior in toads.- Lateralization of emotional and cognitive function in higher vertebrates, with special reference to the domestic chick.- Information storage in the brain: A study of imprinting in the domestic chick.- Neural mechanisms underlying the visual analysis of faces.- Seminar Contributions.- Neural basis of visual pattern recognition in fish.- Neuronal correlates of partner recognition in newts.- Influence of the optic tectum and prosencephalic structures on visually controlled prey-catching and avoidance behaviors in the fire salamander.- Relationships between the responses of visual units, EEGs and slow potential shifts in the optic tectum of the toad.- A telemetry system for single unit recording in the freely moving toad (Bufo bufo L.).- Snapping in toads: Some aspects of sensorimotor i nterfacing and motor pattern generati on.- Is the Mauthner cell a vertebrate command neuron? A neuroethological perspective on an evolving concept.- The neural basis of perceptual equivalence of visual stimuli in the cat.- Visual properties of peri geniculate neurons in the cat.- A cerebral asymmetry in olfactory control of social huddling by infant hamsters.- Section IV - Neural Bases of Intraspecific Communication.- The Jamming Avoidance Response in an electric fish: Algorithms in sensory information processing and their neuronal organization.- Neurobehavioral correlates of sound communication in anurans.- Acoustic communication in the Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).- Analysis of song in the auditory pathway of song birds.- Adaptations for the detection of fluttering insects by echolocation in horseshoe bats.- Representation of biosonar information in the auditory cortex of the mustached bat, with emphasis on representation of target velocity information.- Seminar Contributions.- Neuroethology of species recognition in electroreception.- Neuroethological studies on intraspecific call discrimination in the grass frog.- Responses of torus semicircularis cells of the Coqui treefrog to FM sinusoids.- Auditory response properties of the anuran thalamus: Nonlinear facilitation.- Receptive fields of auditory neurons in the frog's midbrain as functional elements for acoustic communication.- Auditory processing and perception of ultrasounds in house mice.- Inhibition of auditory neurons during phonation: Evidence of feed-forward mechanisms in brain processes controlling audio-vocal behavior?.- Cochleotopic organization of the mustache bat's inferior colliculus.- Section V - Central Control of Motivation.- The analysis of behavioral networks.- Neural correlates of motivated behavior in fish.- Regulation of reptilian reproductive behavior.- The neuroethology of reproduction.- Neurophysiological processing related to feeding in the monkey.- Control of vocal aggression in squirrel monkeys.- Seminar Contributions.- On the central dopaminergic mechanisms for motion and emoti on.- The medial preoptic area serves as a monitor of testosterone, not an integrative area, to influence urine marking and male sexual behavior.- Neural controls of energy homeostasis caudal to the forebrain.- Central and autonomic aspects of aggression and dominance in reptiles.- Neuroethology of defense.- A neuroethological study of sexual and predatory aggression in the domestic cat.- Methodological aspects of tele-stimulation in primates.- Symposium Participants.- Author Index.- Species Index.
