Statistical and prosodic cues for song segmentation learning by bengalese finches (Lonchura striata var. domestica)

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Takahasi, Miki ^a,b,c   Yamada, Hiroko ^a,c   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,c,d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; LEARNING; PROBABILITY; SEGMENTATION; SONG; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; LONCHURA STRIATA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI;

EID: 77953787316     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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