Psychometric functions for detection of pure tone stimuli in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica) and zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis)

Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan (E) (English translation of Nippon Onkyo Gakkaishi)

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 219-221

  Okanoya, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal psychophysics; Bird song; Hearing; Psychometric function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344134239     PISSN: 03882861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.17.219     Document Type: Article

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