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Birdsong is a longstanding model system for studying evolution and biodiversity. Here, we collected and analyzed high quality song recordings from seven species in the family Estrildidae .
M. Rivera +3 more
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“Hearken to the Hermit-Thrush”1: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Listening
Birdsong is widely analysed and discussed by people coming from both musical and scientific backgrounds. Both approaches provide valuable insight, but I argue that it is only through combining musical and scientific points of view, as well as ...
Emily L. Doolittle
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Birdsong Denoising Using Wavelets. [PDF]
Automatic recording of birdsong is becoming the preferred way to monitor and quantify bird populations worldwide. Programmable recorders allow recordings to be obtained at all times of day and year for extended periods of time.
Nirosha Priyadarshani +3 more
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The use of existing resources, such as natural sounds, to promote the mental health of citizens is an area of research that is receiving increasing attention.
Shilun Zhang, Lin Chen
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Semi-automatic classification of birdsong elements using a linear support vector machine. [PDF]
Birdsong provides a unique model for understanding the behavioral and neural bases underlying complex sequential behaviors. However, birdsong analyses require laborious effort to make the data quantitatively analyzable.
Ryosuke O Tachibana +2 more
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Plasticity, Variability and Age in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
Much of what is known about the outcome of second language acquisition and bilingualism can be summarized in terms of inter-individual variability, plasticity and age.
David Birdsong
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Comparisons between the communication systems of humans and animals are instrumental in contextualizing speech and language into an evolutionary and biological framework and for illuminating mechanisms of human communication.
Jon T. Sakata, David Birdsong
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Urban noise limits perception by masking acoustic signals, with negative consequences for communication. Although animals relying on acoustic communication are affected, they have developed different strategies to reduce the masking effect of urban noise.
H. Rivera-Gutiérrez +3 more
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Origin of symbol-using systems: speech, but not sign, without the semantic urge [PDF]
Natural language—spoken and signed—is a multichannel phenomenon, involving facial and body expression, and voice and visual intonation that is often used in the service of a social urge to communicate meaning.
Alberts B +27 more
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A Sing-Song Way of Vocalizing: Generalization and Specificity in Language and Birdsong. [PDF]
Spoken languages such as German are extremely discrete, whereas others such as Portuguese are melodic or "sing-song" wherein identifying a word relies on what comes before and after.
Farias-Virgens, Madza +1 more
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