Auditory frequency discrimination in the squirrel monkey

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-195

  Wienicke, A ^a   Hausler U ^a   Jurgens U ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory physiology; Eyeblink conditioning; Frequency discrimination; Psychoacoustics; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; MALE; SAIMIRI;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; NEPTUNIA; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0035017134     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100189     Document Type: Article

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