Strategies for harmonic structure discrimination by zebra finches

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 225-228

  Uno, Hiroyuki ^a   Maekawa, Masao ^a   Kaneko, Hiromichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; Birds; Go no go procedure; Harmonics; Operant conditioning; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BIRD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 0031413197     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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