Spatial unmasking of birdsong in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).

@article{Dent2009SpatialUO,
  title={Spatial unmasking of birdsong in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).},
  author={M. Dent and E. McClaine and V. Best and Erol J Ozmeral and Rajiv Narayan and Frederick J. Gallun and K. Sen and B. Shinn-Cunningham},
  journal={Journal of comparative psychology},
  year={2009},
  volume={123 4},
  pages={
          357-67
        }
}
Budgerigars and zebra finches were tested, using operant conditioning techniques, on their ability to identify a zebra finch song in the presence of a background masker emitted from either the same or a different location as the signal. Identification thresholds were obtained for three masker types differing in their spectrotemporal characteristics (noise, modulated noise, and a song chorus). Both bird species exhibited similar amounts of spatial unmasking across the three masker types. The… Expand
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