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Published on: July 29, 2007
Birdsong: models and mechanisms
1Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. ttroyer@glue.umd.edu
Abstract:
Recent studies have provided important information concerning the neural signals that subserve vocal learning in songbirds: advanced signal processing techniques are beginning to clarify the behavioral trajectories followed by developing birds; single-unit physiology in behaving animals is providing important clues about sensory and motor representations during learning; in vitro whole-cell recordings are revealing patterns of synaptic communication; and experimental alterations in song behavior have advanced our understanding of specific structure-function relationships. The construction of theoretical and computational models will be crucial in integrating such disparate experimental results.
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