Categorical perception of a natural stimulus continuum: birdsong.

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• Publication year

  1989

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  1989-05-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.2727689PMID 2727689
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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