Rapidly learned song-discrimination without behavioral reinforcement in adult male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Stripling, Roy ^a   Milewski, Lynn ^a   Kruse, Amy A ^a   Clayton, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; IEG; Learning; Songbird; Zebra finch; zenk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEARING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037227359     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(02)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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