Songbird Archives - Knowing Neurons

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knowingneurons August 7, 2013March 5, 2017 Animal, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Babble, Cntnap2, FoxP2, Genes and vocal learning, Learning and Memory, Model, Neurogenetics, Sing, Song Nuclei, Songbird, Speak, Speech, Vocal Learning, Zebra Finch

What Can Songbirds Teach Us About Ourselves?

In my last post, “Vocal Practice is for the Birds” examined one similarity between human and songbird procedural learning: the necessity for practice before performance. Zebra finches sing a series… Read More

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Learning and Memory Neuro News

knowingneurons July 3, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Behavioral and Neural Signatures of Readiness to Initiate a Learned Motor Sequence, Bout, Current Biology, Doupe, HVC, Learning, Michael Condro, Motif, Practice, Rajan, Sing, Songbird, Vocal, Zebra Finch

Vocal Practice is for the Birds

Everyone is familiar with the concept of “warming up” before doing some kind of practiced task. For example, a guitar player may play a few scales before a concert, or… Read More

Brain Development Did You Know?Learning and Memory Sensation and Perception

JuanVelasquez January 9, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Animal research, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Bengal finch, Development, language, language acquisition, Learning, model organisms, Song learning, Songbird, The songbird as a model for the generation and learning of complex sequential behaviors., Vocalizaton

What Songbirds Tell Us About Human Nature

Every once in a while, we hear of amazing scientific feats about how some new drug successfully reduces weight without dieting or exercise in monkeys, or how scientists slowed aging… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber January 7, 2013March 5, 2017 2012, Correct, Error, Karaoke, Learning, Model, PNAS, Sober, Songbird, Vocal, Vocal learning is constrained by the statistics of sensorimotor experience

“Free Bird:” How to Stay on Key

If you’ve ever done Karaoke, then you know how horribly some people sing, especially when the background music is too loud for them to hear themselves. The ability to adjust… Read More