Auditory sensitivity, equal loudness, temporal resolving power, and vocalizations in the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus).
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 92 (5) , 867-876
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077529
Abstract
Absolute thresholds for pure tones were measured in 4 house finches by use of avoidance conditioning and a modified method of limits. Response reaction time to each tone presentation served as a data base for generating a family of equal loudness contours. Temporal resolving power was measured in 2 additional birds and compared with similar measures in man. Vocalizations in the house finch and the average power spectra of selected individual vocalizations are presented.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Rate of Decay of Auditory SensationThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1964