The effect of auditory distractors on song discrimination in male canaries (Serinus canaria)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-341

  Appeltants, Didier ^a   Gentner, Timothy Q ^b,c   Hulse, Stewart H ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory scene analysis; Canary; Noradrenergic system; Song discrimination; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

RECOGNITION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CANARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; SONGBIRD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BENZYLAMINES; CANARIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 19344371669     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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