Neuroethological studies of cognitive and perceptual processes / edited by Cynthia F. Moss and Sara J. Shettleworth.

Other author Moss, Cynthia.
Other author Shettleworth, Sara J.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
Descriptionvi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95049747
ISBN0813326540
ISBN0813326559