Control of vocal production in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Selective reinforcement, call differentiation, and stimulus control

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-132

  Manabe, Kazuchika ^a   Dooling, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated call recognition; Budgerigars; Call; Differential reinforcement; Selective reinforcement; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; STIMULUS; TRAINING; VOCALIZATION;

MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0030832829     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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