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Operant Conditioning Task to Measure Song Preference in Zebra Finches
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Operant Conditioning Task to Measure Song Preference in Zebra Finches

Operant Conditioning Task to Measure Song Preference in Zebra Finches

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December 26, 2019

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10.3791/60590-v

DOI:
10.3791/60590-v

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06:40 min
December 26, 2019

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1W.M. Keck Science Department,Claremont McKenna College – Pitzer College – Scripps College, 2Department of Psychology,Whitman College

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We describe a technique to evaluate song preference in zebra finches. Females are placed in a two-chambered cage and song preference is measured by the number of times she triggers the playback of one song by landing on a perch within one chamber, compared with triggering a different song in the second chamber. Perch landings are counted using infrared sensors.

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Coleman, M. J., Saxon, D., Robbins, A., Lillie, N., Day, N. F. Operant Conditioning Task to Measure Song Preference in Zebra Finches. J. Vis. Exp. (154), e60590, doi:10.3791/60590 (2019).

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