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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yu K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673746 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20201113 46
Effective vocal communication often requires the listener to recognize the identity of a vocalizer, and this recognition is dependent on the listener's ability to form auditory memories. We tested the memory capacity of a social songbird, the zebra finch, for vocalizer identities using conditioning experiments and found that male and female zebra finches can remember a large number of vocalizers (mean, 42) based solely on the individual signatures found in their songs and distance calls. These m ...[more]