Experimental evidence for the volitional control of vocal production in an immature gibbon

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-692

  Koda, Hiroki ^a   Oyakawa, Chisako ^a   Kato, Akemi ^a   Masataka, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gibbon; Operant conditioning; Vocal production; Vocal usage learning; Volitional control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATIDAE;

EID: 34547593396     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781347817     Document Type: Article

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