Aggression is a social behavior essential for securing resources and defending oneself and
family. Thanks to its indispensable function in competition and thus survival, aggression …

Beat perception offers cognitive scientists an exciting opportunity to explore how cognition
and action are intertwined in the brain even in the absence of movement. Many believe the …

The human capacity to synchronize movements to an auditory beat is central to musical
behaviour and to debates over the evolution of human musicality. Have humans evolved …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) enables a staggering variety of complex behaviors, such as
planning actions, solving problems, and adapting to new situations according to external …

Classical neural architecture models of speech production propose a single system centred
on Broca's area coordinating all the vocal articulators from lips to larynx. Modern evidence …

Birdsong has been the subject of broad research from a variety of sub‐disciplines and has
taught us much about the evolution, function, and mechanisms driving animal …

Stuttering occurs in early childhood during a dynamic phase of brain and behavioral
development. The latest studies examining children at ages close to this critical …

Courtship displays often involve the concerted production of several distinct courtship
behaviors. The neural circuits that enable the concerted production of the component …

Phonation critically depends on precise controls of laryngeal muscles in coordination with
ongoing respiration. However, the neural mechanisms governing these processes remain …

Stage models have been influential in characterizing infant vocalizations in the first year of
life. These models are basically descriptive and do not explain why certain types of vocal …