Bird Song Sequence 2 (AUDIO)

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Starlings heard a sequence of four elements, each following a different pattern made up of mostly the same elements. The birds had to learn to classify the whole sequence according to the pattern and were then later challenged to categorize the elements.

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Courtesy of Timothy Gentner

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