Direct social contacts override auditory information in the song-learning process in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-193

  Poirier, Colline ^a,b   Henry, Laurence ^a,c   Mathelier, Maryvonne ^a   Lumineau, Sophie ^a   Cousillas, Hugo ^a   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; HEARING; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 3042621030     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.179     Document Type: Article

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