Neuroethological studies of cognitive and perceptual processes / edited by Cynthia F. Moss and Sara J. Shettleworth.
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| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
1996.
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| Physical Description: | vi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: neuroethology, perception, and cognition
- Specializations in honey bee learning
- Detecting associations in Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental learning in vertebrates and in invertebrates
- Neuroethological studies on how birds discriminate song
- Ecological specialization in the avian brain
- The perceptual foundations of vocal learning in budgerigars
- How birds use frequency to recognize their songs
- Development of perceptual mechanisms in birds: predispositions and imprinting
- Neural codes for "pitch" processing in a unique vertebrate auditory system
- Recognition of visual signals: eyes specialize
- Perception along the axis of target range in the echolocating bat
- Converging approaches to determining sound localization mechanisms in the big brown bat
- Sound localization from binaural cues by the barn owl auditory system.