The Disassociation of Visual and Acoustic Conspecific Cues Decreases Discrimination by Female Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-315

  Campbell, Dana L M ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

conspecific discrimination; model system; recognition cues; zebra finches

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 69249193890     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015837     Document Type: Article

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