Sounds scary? Lack of habituation following the presentation of novel sounds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Biedenweg, Tine A ^a   Parsons, Michael H ^b,c   Fleming, Patricia A ^b   Blumstein, Daniel T ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FLIGHT; GROOMING; HABITUATION; KANGAROO; LEISURE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; WALKING; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CROW; HEARING; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CORVUS CORONOIDES; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUSTRALIA; CROWS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MACROPODIDAE; SOUND;

EID: 79251565597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014549     Document Type: Article

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