Barn owls do not decode sound motion by comparing start and end points

Evidence

The difference between the barn owl’s sensitivity for comparing angular locations of static sounds (Bala et al. 2007 ) and the large angular range needed for direction discrimination (present study) suggests that the snapshot hypothesis does not apply to barn owls. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3220

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the snapshot-model rejection in human minimum audible movement angle literature, suggesting cross-species convergence in motion-hearing mechanics.