Factors limiting song acquisition in adult zebra finches

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 752-759

  Funabiki, Yasuko ^a,b   Funabiki, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Crystallization; Sensitive period; Songbird; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; LEARNING; LOUDNESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FINCHES; LEARNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 69849107728     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20738     Document Type: Article

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