Detection of changes in timbre and harmonicity in complex sounds by zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-47

  Lohr, Bernard ^a   Dooling, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PARROT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIRDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARROTS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032014780     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.1.36     Document Type: Article

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