Table 1.
The go and no-go strings as presented to the birds
| Go string | ||||||||||||
| ABC | DEF | GHI | JKL | ABC | GHI | DEF | JKL | DEF | ABC | JKL | GHI | ABC |
| No-go string | ||||||||||||
| AFK | DLB | GIE | JCH | AFK | GIE | DLB | JCH | DLB | AFK | JCH | GIE | AFK |
Each string consisted of four different triplets, here shown with pauses between the triplets. The No-pause group received the elements in a continuous string. By organizing the triplets in this way, we created strong co-occurrence of song elements within a triplet and lower co-occurrence of elements of different triplets. The letters represent zebra finch song elements which were different for each individual in a group