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Unifying the gestural and the vocal in the evolution of culture, the arts, and the brain

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
Cultural evolution in humans is based on the transmission of knowledge and know-how through the process of social learning. Humans have evolved two distinct mechanisms of social learning, although they tend to be discussed in completely separate ...
Steven Brown
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Anecdotal Observations of Socially Learned Vocalizations in Harbor Seals [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition
Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are more solitary than many other pinnipeds. Yet, they are capable of vocal learning, a form of social learning. Most extant literature examines social animals when investigating social learning, despite sociality not being ...
Diandra Duengen   +3 more
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Song Morphing by Humpback Whales: Cultural or Epiphenomenal?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Singing humpback whales (Megaptera noavaengliae) collectively and progressively change the sounds and patterns they produce within their songs throughout their lives.
Eduardo Mercado
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A Q‐Learning Algorithm to Solve the Two‐Player Zero‐Sum Game Problem for Nonlinear Systems

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 566-581, March 2025.
A Q‐learning algorithm to solve the two‐player zero‐sum game problem for nonlinear systems. ABSTRACT This paper deals with the two‐player zero‐sum game problem, which is a bounded L2$$ {L}_2 $$‐gain robust control problem. Finding an analytical solution to the complex Hamilton‐Jacobi‐Issacs (HJI) equation is a challenging task.
Afreen Islam   +2 more
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A simple computational principle predicts vocal adaptation dynamics across age and error size

open access: yesFrontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2014
The brain uses sensory feedback to correct errors in behavior. Songbirds and humans acquire vocal behaviors by imitating the sounds produced by adults and rely on auditory feedback to correct vocal errors throughout their lifetimes.
Conor William Kelly, Samuel eSober
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Additive Gaussian Process Regression for Predictive Design of High‐Performance, Printable Silicones

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A chemistry‐aware design framework for tuning printable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for vat photopolymerization (VPP) is developed using additive Gaussian process (GP) modeling. Polymer network mechanics informs variable groupings, feasible formulation constraints, and interaction variables.
Roxana Carbonell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Is the Role of Thalamostriatal Circuits in Learning Vocal Sequences?

open access: yesFrontiers in Neural Circuits, 2021
Basal ganglia (BG) circuits integrate sensory and motor-related information from the cortex, thalamus, and midbrain to guide learning and production of motor sequences. Birdsong, like speech, is comprised of precisely sequenced vocal elements.
Lei Xiao, Todd F. Roberts
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Rudimentary substrates for vocal learning in a suboscine [PDF]

open access: yesNature Communications, 2013
Vocal learning has evolved in only a few groups of mammals and birds. The key neuroanatomical and behavioural links bridging vocal learners and non-learners are still unknown. Here we show that a non-vocal-learning suboscine, the eastern phoebe, expresses neural and behavioural substrates that are associated with vocal learning in closely related ...
Liu, Wan-chun   +3 more
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Towards Defect Phase Diagrams: From Research Data Management to Automated Workflows

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A research data management infrastructure is presented for the systematic integration of heterogeneous experimental and simulation data required for defect phase diagrams. The approach combines openBIS with a companion application for large‐object storage, automated metadata extraction, provenance tracking and federated data access, thereby supporting ...
Khalil Rejiba   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in the Genetics of Vocal Learning [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 2014
Language is a complex communicative behavior unique to humans, and its genetic basis is poorly understood. Genes associated with human speech and language disorders provide some insights, originating with the FOXP2 transcription factor, a mutation in which is the source of an inherited form of developmental verbal dyspraxia.
Condro, Michael C, White, Stephanie A
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