A bird’s eye view of sleep-dependent memory consolidation

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-237

  Brawn, Timothy P ^a   Margoliash, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory learning; Birdsong; Comparative psychology; Imprinting; Neural reactivation; Neuronal replay; Song learning; Song system; Starlings; Zebra finches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING THEORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEMORY; SLEEP; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84929610512     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_349     Document Type: Article

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