Pitch Perception in Chinchillas (Chinchilla laniger): Stimulus Generalization Using Rippled Noise

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-439

  Shofner, William P ^a   Yost, William A ^b   Whitmer, William M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

chinchilla; pitch perception; rippled noise; stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINCHILLA; HEARING; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); OSCILLOMETRY; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 38149099336     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.4.428     Document Type: Article

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