Dynamical neural representation of song syntax in Bengalese Finch: A model study

Ornithological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-103

  Nishikawa, Jun ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory representation; Cantor coding; Lonchura striata var. domestica; Song syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349101409     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.5.95     Document Type: Article

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