Variable sequencing is actively maintained in a well learned motor skill

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 15414-15425

  Warren, Timothy L ^a   Charlesworth, Jonathan D ^a   Tumer, Evren C ^a   Brainard, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVERSION; FINCH; LANGUAGE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SOUND ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FINCHES; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE NET; NOISE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84868127886     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1254-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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