Grey parrots do not always "parrot": Roles of imitation and phonological awareness in the creation of new labels from existing vocalizations

AISB'05 Convention: Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agents - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 97-104

  Pepperberg, Irene M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS;

SPEECH;

BIRDS;

EID: 24944513237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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