Rapid encoding of an internal model for imitative learning

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1781, 2014, Pages

  Deshpande, Mugdha ^a   Pirlepesov, Fakhriddin ^a   Lints, Thierry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imitation; Songbird; Vocal learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMITATION; SONG; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOBINAE; COLOBINE MONKEYS; EARLY BURST; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

COLOBINE MONKEYS; EARLY BURST; MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ASIA; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GEOGRAPHY; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

EID: 84902670168     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2630     Document Type: Article

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