Three models of song learning: Evidence from behavior

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-516

  Marler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong learning; Instruction based learning; Learning preferences; Selection based learning; Song memorization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CRYSTALLIZATION; LEARNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030714690     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19971105)33:5<501::AID-NEU2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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