Publication Date:
1987-09-04
Description:
Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix) learned a category for syllable-initial [d] followed by a dozen different vowels. After learning to categorize syllables consisting of [d], [b], or [g] followed by four different vowels, quail correctly categorized syllables in which the same consonants preceded eight novel vowels. Acoustic analysis of the categorized syllables revealed no single feature or pattern of features that could support generalization, suggesting that the quail adopted a more complex mapping of stimuli into categories. These results challenge theories of speech sound classification that posit uniquely human capacities.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kluender, K R -- Diehl, R L -- Killeen, P R -- HD-18060/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- MH-39940/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Sep 4;237(4819):1195-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3629235" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Coturnix/*physiology
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Female
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Humans
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*Learning
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*Phonetics
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Quail/*physiology
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Reinforcement (Psychology)
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Speech Perception
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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