Distributed recognition of natural songs by European starlings

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-306

  Knudsen, Daniel ^a   Thompson, Jason V ^a   Gentner, Timothy Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Auditory perception; Neuroethology; Psychoacoustics; Songbird; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957899315     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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