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Development of auditory-vocal perceptual skills in songbirds. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Songbirds are one of the few groups of animals that learn the sounds used for vocal communication during development. Like humans, songbirds memorize vocal sounds based on auditory experience with vocalizations of adult "tutors", and then use auditory ...
Vanessa C Miller-Sims, Sarah W Bottjer
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Dopamine Receptors in a Songbird Brain [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2010 AbstractDopamine is a key neuromodulatory transmitter in the brain. It acts through dopamine receptors to affect changes in neural activity, gene expression, and behavior. In songbirds, dopamine is released into the striatal song nucleus area X, and the levels depend on social contexts of undirected and directed singing.
Kubikova, Lubica +2 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016 Humans and oscine songbirds share the rare capacity for vocal learning. Songbirds have the ability to acquire songs and calls of various rhythms through imitation. In several species, birds can even coordinate the timing of their vocalizations with other
Jonathan Isaac Benichov +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Vocal production learning and beat perception and synchronization (BPS) share some common characteristics, which makes the vocal learning and rhythmic synchronization hypothesis (VLH) a reasonable explanation for the evolution of the capability for ...
Yoshimasa Seki
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The Value of Comparative Animal Research : Krogh’s Principle Facilitates Scientific Discoveries [PDF]
, 2017 There are no conflicts of interest to declare. This paper developed from the 2016 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences to TJS. TJS has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust.
Alward, Beau A. +5 more
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Altering Opioid Neuromodulation in the Songbird Basal Ganglia Modulates Vocalizations
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 Although the interplay between endogenous opioids and dopamine (DA) in the basal ganglia (BG) is known to underlie diverse motor functions, few studies exist on their role in modulating speech and vocalization.
Sandeep Kumar +7 more
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Endogenous Programs and Flexibility in Bird Migration
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Endogenous programs that regulate annual cycles have been shown for many taxa, including protists, arthropods, fish, mammals and birds. In migration biology, these programs are best known in songbirds.
Susanne Åkesson, Barbara Helm
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Wanted: A systematic review of the most trafficked songbirds in a Neotropical hotspot
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023 The illegal wildlife trade is one of the main factors of biodiversity loss worldwide. Brazil, the largest country in South America, is a hub of wildlife trafficking, but availability of information on the issue is constrained to specific regions and to ...
Giuliana C. P. Ferrari +4 more
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(Micro)evolutionary changes and the evolutionary potential of bird migration
, 2018 Seasonal migration is the yearly long-distance movement of individuals between their breeding and wintering grounds. Individuals from nearly every animal group exhibit this behavior, but probably the most iconic migration is carried out by birds, from ...
A Helbig +81 more
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The Role of Nestling Acoustic Experience in Song Discrimination in a Sparrow [PDF]
, 2020 Oscine songbirds are an ideal system for investigating how early experience affects vocal behavior. Young songbirds face a challenging task: how to recognize and selectively learn only their own species’ song, often during a time-limited window.
Creanza, Nicole +2 more
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