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18345860

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
Budgerigars were trained to produce specific vocalizations (calls) using operant conditioning and food reinforcement. The bird's call was compared to a digital representation of the call stored in a computer to determine a match. Once birds were responding at a high level of precision, we measured the effect of several manipulations upon the accuracy and the intensity of call production. Also, by differentially reinforcing other aspects of vocal behavior, budgerigars were trained to produce a call that matched another bird's contact call and to alter the latency of their vocal response. Both the accuracy of vocal matching and the intensity level of vocal production increased significantly when the bird could hear the template immediately before each trial. Moreover, manipulating the delay between the presentation of an acoustic reference and the onset of vocal production did not significantly affect either vocal intensity or matching accuracy. Interestingly, the vocalizations learned and reinforced in these operant experiments were only occasionally used in more natural communicative situations, such as when birds called back and forth to one another in their home cages.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1520-8524
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1729-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Vocal learning in Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): effects of an acoustic reference on vocal matching.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural