Experience with adults shapes multisensory representation of social familiarity in the brain of a songbird.

Social animals learn to perceive their social environment, and their social skills and preferences are thought to emerge from greater exposure to and hence familiarity with some social signals rather than others. Familiarity appears to be tightly linked to multisensory integration. The ability to di...

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Main Authors: Isabelle George, Hugo Cousillas, Jean-Pierre Richard, Martine Hausberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3378612?pdf=render