Categorical discrimination of direction in frequency-modulated tones by Mongolian gerbils

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 29-39

  Wetzel, W ^a   Wagner, T ^a   Ohl, F W ^a   Scheich, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; Avoidance learning; Categorical perception; Directional sensitivity; Frequency modulation; Gerbils; Shuttle box

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; GERBILLINAE; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032033843     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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