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 Info | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996. |
| Description | vi, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 95049747 |
| ISBN | 0813326540 |
| ISBN | 0813326559 |