Sequential learning and rule abstraction in Bengalese finches

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-377

  Yamazaki, Yumiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Kenta ^a,c   Inada, Masayuki ^a   Iriki, Atsushi ^a   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,d  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bengalese finch; Sequential learning; Serial reaction time task; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINCH; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; LONCHURA STRIATA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI;

EID: 84859718144     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0462-x     Document Type: Article

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