Spatial Unmasking of Birdsong in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-367

  Dent, Micheal L ^a   McClaine, Elizabeth M ^a   Best, Virginia ^b   Ozmeral, Erol ^b   Narayan, Rajiv ^b   Gallun, Frederick J ^b   Sen, Kamal ^b   Shinn Cunningham, Barbara G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

binaural hearing; birds; cocktail party effect; cocktail party problem; spatial unmasking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARAKEET; PERCEPTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 72949096527     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016898     Document Type: Article

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