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Name that tune: Melodic recognition by songbirds

Learning and Behavior (2016) 44(4) 305-306
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-016-0237-y
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Recent findings have indicated 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 biological implications.

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Templeton, C. N. (2016). Name that tune: Melodic recognition by songbirds. Learning and Behavior, 44(4), 305–306. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-016-0237-y

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