Spontaneous categorization of vocal imitations in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Giret, Nicolas ^a   Péron, Franck ^a   Nagle, Laurent ^a   Kreutzer, Michel ^a   Bovet, Dalila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus); Categorization; Concept learning; Vocal imitation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; IMITATION; LEARNING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARROT; RECORDING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARROTS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 70350232046     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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