Defining the Rhythmicity of Memory-Enhancing Acoustic Stimuli in the Young Domestic Chick (Gallus gallus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Rickard, Nikki S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

avoidance learning; chickens (Gallus gallus); metricality; repetition; rhythmicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HEARING; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 65849309397     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015117     Document Type: Article

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