Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) can categorize vowel-like sounds on both the fundamental frequency ("pitch") and spectral envelope

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 106-117

  Burgering, Merel A ^a,b   Vroomen, Jean ^a   ten Cate, Carel ^b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Categorization; Harmonic sounds; Pitch perception; Songbird; Spectral envelope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FINCH; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; PITCH PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FINCHES; GENERALIZATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 85053553411     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/com0000143     Document Type: Article

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