Songbirds tradeoff auditory frequency resolution and temporal resolution

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Henry, Kenneth S ^a   Gall, Megan D ^b   Bidelman, Gavin M ^a   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Auditory filter; Frequency resolution; Songbird; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; SONGBIRDS; SPARROWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952989809     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0619-0     Document Type: Article

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