Preference for high frequency sounds of contact calls in primates: Japanese macaques and ringtailed lemurs

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-121

  Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a  

^a Nikon University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact calls; High frequency sounds; Japanese macaques; Preference; Ringtailed lemurs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEMUR; MACACA; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032083332     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.69.113     Document Type: Article

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