Neurophysiological response selectivity for conspecific songs over synthetic sounds in the auditory forebrain of non-singing female songbirds

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 765-774

  Hauber, Mark E ^a,b   Cassey, Phillip ^c   Woolley, Sarah M N ^a,d   Theunissen, Frederic E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Lateralization; Mate choice; Natural sounds; Vocal recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SOUND; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; SOUND;

EID: 34447121295     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0231-0     Document Type: Article

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