Temporal pattern processing in songbirds

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-187

  Comins, Jordan A ^a   Gentner, Timothy Q ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CAUDAL MESOPALLIUM; CAUDOMEDIAL NIDOPALLIUM; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONGBIRD; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; SONGBIRDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84908512304     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.08.003     Document Type: Review

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