Interactive and Vicarious Acquisition of Auditory Preferences in Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Chicks

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-331

  Harshaw, Christopher ^a   Lickliter, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contingency; filial imprinting; interactive stimulation; Northern bobwhite; vicarious learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLINUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLINUS; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 34548848883     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.3.320     Document Type: Article

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