Experience-dependence of neural responses to social versus isolate conspecific songs in the forebrain of female Zebra Finches

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPLL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Hauber, Mark E ^a   Woolley, Sarah M N ^b   Theunissen, Frédéric E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspecific; Forebrain; Na ve; Oscine; Recognition systems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; ONTOGENY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION; SONG; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 36949030455     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0234-1     Document Type: Article

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