Chord discrimination by pigeons

Music Perception

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-196

  Brooks, Daniel I ^a   Cook, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; Chord; Comparative; Music; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249122184     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2010.27.3.183     Document Type: Article

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