The discrimination of temporal fine structure in call-like harmonic sounds by birds

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-251

  Lohr, Bernard ^a   Dooling, Robert J ^a   Bartone, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Birds own song; Complex sounds; Temporal fine structure; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PARAKEET; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; FINCHES; HUMANS; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747335853     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.120.3.239     Document Type: Article

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