No need to talk, I know you: Familiarity influences early multisensory integration in a songbird's brain

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY, 2011, Pages

  George, Isabelle ^a   Richard, Jean Pierre ^a   Cousillas, Hugo ^a   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Audiovisual; European starling; Familiarity; Multisensory; Primary auditory area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; EUROPE; FAMILIARITY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; STARLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84855189203     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00193     Document Type: Article

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