Vocal learning in the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus): Effects of species identity and number of trainers

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 371-380

  Pepperberg, Irene M ^a,b   Sandefer, Robert M ^a   Noel, Dawn A ^a   Ellsworth, Clare P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PARROT; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PARROTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034565813     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.114.4.371     Document Type: Article

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