Effects of learning on song preferences and Zenk expression in female songbirds

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-284

  Hernandez, Alexandra M ^a   Phillmore, Leslie S ^b   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Mate choice; Song learning; Song preferences; Zenk

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FOREBRAIN; GENE INDUCTION; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PROSENCEPHALON; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 39149108085     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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