Name that tune : melodic recognition by songbirds
Abstract
Recent findings indicate that European starlings perceive overall spectral shape and use this, rather than absolute pitch or timbre, to generalize between similar melodic progressions. This finding highlights yet another parallel between human and avian vocal communication systems and has many biology implications.
Citation
Templeton , C N 2016 , ' Name that tune : melodic recognition by songbirds ' , Learning and Behavior , vol. 44 , no. 4 , pp. 305-306 . https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-016-0237-y
Publication
Learning and Behavior
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1543-4494Type
Journal article
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