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The Laboratory Use of Conditional and Natural Responses in the Study of Avian Auditory Perception

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Animal Acoustic Communication

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This chapter provides an introduction to the use of both conditional and natural response methods for studying animal auditory perception. Here we outline the history and use of these two areas in their application to understanding auditory perception. The context of this chapter adresses songbirds, although with appropriate modification the techniques can be easily adapted for use with other taxonomic groups. These techniques have been widely used for addressing questions about perception of both basic and complex auditory stimuli, and several reference sources are available (e.g., Berkley and Stebbins 1990; Burdick 1990; Stebbins and Berkley 1990; Klump et al 1995; see Tyack, this Volume, a for review of auditory perception by organisms in aquatic environments). In addition to the use of these procedures, we outline some considerations of their underlying assumptions, and examine issues of internal and external validity.

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Cynx, J., Clark, S.J. (1988). The Laboratory Use of Conditional and Natural Responses in the Study of Avian Auditory Perception. In: Hopp, S.L., Owren, M.J., Evans, C.S. (eds) Animal Acoustic Communication. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76220-8_11

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