Cues for auditory stream segregation of birdsong in budgerigars and zebra finches: Effects of location, timing, amplitude, and frequency

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 674-683

  Dent, Micheal L ^a   Martin, Amanda K ^a   Flaherty, Mary M ^a   Neilans, Erikson G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; LOCATION;

AUDITORY STREAM SEGREGATIONS; CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUNDS; OPERANT CONDITIONING; PERFORMANCE LEVEL;

PROBES;

ACOUSTICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BUDGERIGAR; FEMALE; FINCH; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; TIME FACTOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84958794067     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4941322     Document Type: Article

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