TY - JOUR AU - Boonman, Arjan AU - Rieger, Itai AU - Amichai, Eran AU - Greif, Stefan AU - Eitan, Ofri AU - Goldshtein, Aya AU - Yovel, Yossi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/09 TI - Echolocating bats can adjust sensory acquisition based on internal cues JO - BMC Biology SP - 166 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Sensory systems acquire both external and internal information to guide behavior. Adjustments based on external input are much better documented and understood than internal-based sensory adaptations. When external input is not available, idiothetic—internal—cues become crucial for guiding behavior. Here, we take advantage of the rapid sensory adjustments exhibited by bats in order to study how animals rely on internal cues in the absence of external input. Constant frequency echolocating bats are renowned for their Doppler shift compensation response used to adjust their emission frequency in order to optimize sensing. Previous studies documented the importance of external echoes for this response. SN - 1741-7007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00904-2 DO - 10.1186/s12915-020-00904-2 ID - Boonman2020 ER -