The evolution of vocal learning

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-53

  Nowicki, Stephen ^a   Searcy, William A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BREEDING; COGNITIVE BIAS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; IMITATION; KIN SELECTION; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MATE CHOICE; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY BIAS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SINGING; SONG; SONGBIRD; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84904350380     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.007     Document Type: Review

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