Masking noise reduces the anti-predator-like response to an acoustic stimulus: Application of Signal Detection Theory to fish behaviour In studies of animal cognition, the influence of background masking noise on responses to any particular stimulus are often overlooked. In fish, there is little understanding of their response to targ...

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Background noise masks acoustic signals, reducing both obvious startles and subtle group-level responses in juvenile common carp 🐟🔊

🎯 Detection drops with noise
🧠 Fine-scale behaviour matters
📈 Signal-to-noise ratio is key

#FishBehaviour #Bioacoustics #UWnoise