Early experience shapes vocal neural coding and perception in songbirds

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 612-631

  Woolley, Sarah M N ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Communication; Early experience; Learning; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HEARING; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI;

EID: 84864297702     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21014     Document Type: Article

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