Name that tune: melodic recognition by songbirds

Christopher N. Templeton

doi:10.3758/s13420-016-0237-y

Name that tune: melodic recognition by songbirds

Christopher N. Templeton

School of Biology

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-306
Number of pages	2
Journal	Learning and Behavior
Volume	44
Issue number	4
Early online date	21 Jul 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-016-0237-y
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016

Keywords

Auditory perception
Avian communication
Melody
Musical cognition

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