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  • Title: Recognition of aspect-dependent three-dimensional objects by an echolocating Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
    Author: Helweg DA, Roitblat HL, Nachtigall PE, Hautus MJ.
    Journal: J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process; 1996 Jan; 22(1):19-31. PubMed ID: 8568493.
    Abstract:
    We examined the ability of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to recognize aspect-dependent objects using echolocation. An aspect-dependent object such as a cube produces acoustically different echoes at different angles relative to the echolocation signal. The dolphin recognized the objects even though the objects were free to rotate and sway. A linear discriminant analysis and nearest centroid classifier could classify the objects using average amplitude, center frequency, and bandwidth of object echoes. The results show that dolphins can use varying acoustic properties to recognize constant objects and suggest that aspect-independent representations may be formed by combining information gleaned from multiple echoes.
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