Sequential learning and rule abstraction in Bengalese finches [PDF]
Animal Cognition, 2011 The Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica) is a species of songbird. Males sing courtship songs with complex note-to-note transition rules, while females discriminate these songs when choosing their mate. The present study uses serial reaction time (RT) to examine the characteristics of the Bengalese finches' sequential behaviours beyond ...
Yumiko Yamazaki, Kazuo Okanoya
exaly +3 more sources
Songbirds can learn flexible contextual control over syllable sequencing [PDF]
eLife, 2021 The flexible control of sequential behavior is a fundamental aspect of speech, enabling endless reordering of a limited set of learned vocal elements (syllables or words). Songbirds are phylogenetically distant from humans but share both the capacity for
Lena Veit +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
The Gut Microbial Composition Is Species-Specific and Individual-Specific in Two Species of Estrildid Finches, the Bengalese Finch and the Zebra Finch [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Microbial communities residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals have profound impacts on the physiological processes of their hosts. In humans, host-specific and environmental factors likely interact together to shape gut microbial communities ...
Öncü Maraci +9 more
doaj +2 more sources
The genomics of the domestication syndrome in a songbird model species [PDF]
Communications BiologyMany domesticated animals share a syndromic phenotype marked by a suite of traits that include more variable patterns of coloration, reduced stress, aggression, and altered risk-taking and exploratory behaviors relative to their wild counterparts ...
Madza Farias-Virgens +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
A simple explanation for the evolution of complex song syntax in Bengalese finches [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2013 The songs of Bengalese finches ( Lonchura striata var. domestica ) have complex syntax and provide an opportunity to investigate how complex sequential behaviour emerges via the evolutionary process. In this study, we suggest that a simple mechanism, i.e.
Kenta Suzuki, Kazuo Okanoya
exaly +3 more sources
Extensive GJD2 Expression in the Song Motor Pathway Reveals the Extent of Electrical Synapses in the Songbird Brain [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Birdsong is a precisely timed animal behavior. The connectivity of song premotor neural networks has been proposed to underlie the temporal patterns of neuronal activity that control vocal muscle movements during singing.
Pepe Alcami +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Monitored therapy of sporadic mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium genavense in Atlantic canaries (Serinus canaria) and Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata) [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Research, 2021 Mycobacteriosis is a significant disease of companion and wild birds which causes emaciation and widely distributed lesions, as well as being a potential zoonosis. Its primary aetiological agents in birds are Mycobacterium avium subsp.
Ledwoń Aleksandra +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Effect of kinship on the allopreening among juvenile Bengalese finches [PDF]
Animal Cells and Systems, 2016 ABSTRACTKin-directed affiliative behavior is widespread in social animals and kin selection theory suggests that such behavior increases fitness of the performer and is thus adaptive. Allopreening in birds is an altruistic behavior as it involves cleaning body parts that cannot be cleaned by self-preening.
Sang-im Lee
exaly +2 more sources
Role of the ventral portion of intermediate arcopallium in stability of female Bengalese finch song preferences [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe process of decision making is a complex procedure influenced by both external and internal conditions. Songbirds provide an excellent model to investigate the neural mechanisms of decision making, because females rely on acoustic signals called songs
Austin Coulter, Jonathan F. Prather
doaj +2 more sources
Social context affects sequence modification learning in birdsong [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologySocial interactions are crucial for imitative vocal learning such as human speech learning or song learning in songbirds. Recently, introducing specific learned modifications into adult song by experimenter-controlled reinforcement learning has emerged ...
Lioba Fortkord, Lena Veit
doaj +2 more sources