Octave equivalence perception is not linked to vocal mimicry: Budgerigars fail standardized operant tests for octave equivalence

Behaviour

Volumn 156, Issue 5-8, 2019, Pages 479-504

  Wagner, Bernhard ^a   Mann, Dan C ^a,b   Afroozeh, Shahrzad ^a   Staubmann, Gabriel ^a   Hoeschele, Marisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

acoustics; budgerigars; comparative cognition; language; music; octave equivalence; perception; vocal mimicry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060998414     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003538     Document Type: Review

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