Sex Differences in Audiovisual Discrimination Learning by Bengalese Finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Seki, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Okanoya, Kazuo ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengalese finch; birdsong; multimodal discrimination; operant conditioning; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 40749153023     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.1.26     Document Type: Article

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