Birdsong and the brain: The syntax of memory

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 395-398

  Bolhuis, Johan J ^a   Eda Fujiwara, Hiroko ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Language; Learning; Memory; Pallium; Speech

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; FEMALE; FINCH; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79954590281     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283385949     Document Type: Review

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