Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and human (Homo sapiens) chord discrimination

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  Hoeschele, Marisa ^a   Cook, Robert G ^a   Guillette, Lauren M ^b   Brooks, Daniel I ^c   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomusicology; Black Capped chickadee; Chord; Discrimination; Human

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SONGBIRD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; SONGBIRDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862632407     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024627     Document Type: Article

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