Investigation of musicality in birdsong

Hearing Research

Volumn 308, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-83

  Rothenberg, David ^a   Roeske, Tina C ^b   Voss, Henning U ^c   Naguib, Marc ^d   Tchernichovski, Ofer ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDITORY RESPONSE; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LUSCINIA LUSCINIA; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHYTHM; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84892370573     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.08.016     Document Type: Review

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