Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Components of Language01:24

Components of Language

Language, whether spoken, signed, or written, consists of specific components: lexicon and grammar. The lexicon is the vocabulary of a language, comprising its words. Grammar is the set of rules used to convey meaning through the lexicon. For example, English grammar adds “-ed” to most verbs to indicate past tense. Words are formed by combining phonemes, which are the basic sound units of a language. Different languages have different sets of phonemes (e.g., “ah” vs. “eh”). Phonemes combine to...
Sampling Methods: Overview01:06

Sampling Methods: Overview

A sample refers to a smaller subset representative of a larger population. In analytical chemistry, studying or analyzing an entire population is often impractical or impossible. Therefore, samples are used to draw inferences and generalize the whole population. The sampling method selects individuals or items from a population to create a sample. Standard sampling methods include random, judgemental, systematic, stratified, and cluster sampling. 
In analytical chemistry, the choice of sampling...
Language Development01:22

Language Development

Children master language quickly and with relative ease, supported by both biological predisposition and reinforcement. B. F. Skinner (1957) proposed that language is learned through reinforcement, while Noam Chomsky (1965) argued that language acquisition mechanisms are biologically determined.
The critical period for language acquisition suggests that the ability to acquire language is at its peak early in life. As people age, this proficiency decreases. Language development begins very...
Conservation of Declining Populations02:07

Conservation of Declining Populations

Conservation of declining population focuses on ways of detecting, diagnosing, and halting a population decline. The approach uses methods to prevent populations from going extinct.

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Mapping neural representations of fine and gross upper-limb movements across dorsoventral subthalamic nucleus subregions in Parkinson's disease.

Journal of neural engineering·2026
Same author

Theta Oscillations, Oculomotor Processing, and Neural Synchronization: A Review.

Brain sciences·2026
Same author

Evidence that interglomerular inhibition generates non-monotonic concentration-response relationships in mitral/tufted glomeruli in the mouse olfactory bulb.

The Journal of physiology·2026
Same author

Recruitment feasibility for deep brain stimulation compared to transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment trials for methamphetamine use disorder.

Addictive behaviors reports·2026
Same author

Beyond the Numbers: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of quality of life after deep brain stimulation for OCD.

PloS one·2026
Same author

Erg currents support electrical bursting in murine anterior pituitary corticotrophs.

The Journal of physiology·2026
Same journal

Development and Standardization of a Simple Zebrafish Larval Model of Global Hypoxia-Reoxygenation: Recapitulating Key Pathological Features Associated with Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026
Same journal

Metal Neurotoxicity assessment: a new imaging and analysis pipeline for primary neurons in co-cultures.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026
Same journal

Corrigendum to "Human peripheral nerve xenografts and rat peripheral nerve allografts implanted to the striatum: Methodology and initial findings of cell-based therapy" [J. Neurosci. Methods 434 (2026) 110825].

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026
Same journal

Sombor-based graph-theoretic framework for the structural characterization of neuro-metabolic organic acids.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026
Same journal

Pupil-DLC: An open-source deep learning pipeline for scalable, marker-less tracking of pupil dynamics across conscious and unconscious states.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026
Same journal

Time as the language of Behavior: events, sequences, patterns and meanings.

Journal of neuroscience methods·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 3, 2026

Eliciting and Analyzing Male Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalization (USV) Songs
08:44

Eliciting and Analyzing Male Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalization (USV) Songs

Published on: May 9, 2017

A statistical method for quantifying songbird phonology and syntax.

Wei Wu1, John A Thompson, Richard Bertram

  • 1Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4330, USA. wwu@stat.fsu.edu

Journal of Neuroscience Methods
|August 5, 2008
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

We developed a new statistical method, the Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance, to quantify vocal changes in songbirds. This method analyzes syllable features over time, offering insights into learned vocalizations.

More Related Videos

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody
09:09

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody

Published on: September 27, 2024

A Lightweight, Headphones-based System for Manipulating Auditory Feedback in Songbirds
10:13

A Lightweight, Headphones-based System for Manipulating Auditory Feedback in Songbirds

Published on: November 26, 2012

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 3, 2026

Eliciting and Analyzing Male Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalization (USV) Songs
08:44

Eliciting and Analyzing Male Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalization (USV) Songs

Published on: May 9, 2017

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody
09:09

Foreign Accent and Forensic Speaker Identification in Voice Lineups: The Influence of Acoustic Features Based on Prosody

Published on: September 27, 2024

A Lightweight, Headphones-based System for Manipulating Auditory Feedback in Songbirds
10:13

A Lightweight, Headphones-based System for Manipulating Auditory Feedback in Songbirds

Published on: November 26, 2012

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Bioacoustics
  • Animal Behavior

Background:

  • Songbirds are crucial models for studying learned vocalizations and neural encoding.
  • Analyzing vocal changes over time is essential for understanding song development and learning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce a novel statistical method, the Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance, for analyzing temporal vocal changes in songbirds.
  • Provide a quantitative approach to measure phonological dissimilarity in bird song.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a computerized system to record daily song syllables from birds.
  • Employed Sound Analysis Pro software to measure syllable duration and spectral features (pitch, entropy, frequency modulation, pitch goodness).
  • Applied Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance to quantify dissimilarity in syllable distributions across days.

Main Results:

  • Developed a method to represent daily singing as probability distributions based on syllable features.
  • Quantified vocal dissimilarity across days using the Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance.
  • Demonstrated the applicability of the method for analyzing both phonological and syntactic changes in bird song.

Conclusions:

  • The Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance offers a robust statistical framework for analyzing vocal learning and change in songbirds.
  • This method provides a sensitive measure for detecting subtle alterations in vocalizations over time.
  • The approach is adaptable for analyzing syntax, broadening its utility in bioacoustic research.