Left-side dominance for song discrimination in Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 241-245

  Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,b,c   Ikebuchi, Maki ^b   Uno, Hiroyuki ^b   Watanabe, Shigeru ^c  

^a Inoue Foundation for Science   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengalese finches; Cerebral lateralization; Operant discrimination; Songbirds; Zebra finches

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542482179     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-001-0120-9     Document Type: Article

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