Birdsong is comprised of rich spectral and temporal organization which might be used for
vocal perception. To quantify how this structure could be used, we have reconstructed …

Birdsong is comprised of rich spectral and temporal organization, which might be used for
vocal perception. To quantify how this structure could be used, we have reconstructed …

Zebra finch song consists of complex acoustic elements repeated over several hundred
milliseconds with extreme vocal‐motor precision. Much less is known about how song is …

Although understanding the processing of natural sounds is an important goal in auditory
neuroscience, relatively little is known about the neural coding of these sounds. Recently we …

How complex, natural communication signals are represented in the activity (spiking)
patterns of neural populations is not well understood. I will describe data from a series of …

The songbird auditory system offers a unique opportunity to investigate the role of auditory
processing in the perception of complex, learned vocal communication sounds. While all …

Understanding song perception and singing behavior in birds requires the study of auditory
processing of complex sounds throughout the avian brain. We can divide the basics of …

Abstract Information theoretic related measures are developed to investigate the encoding of
natural sounds in the auditory system of the songbird. Neural response variability can be …

Mechanistic understanding of how the auditory cortex processes complex communication
signals remains a challenge. With their rich vocal communication behaviors, songbirds can …

My laboratory is interested in the neural basis of complex sound perception, including
vocalizations. Our neural studies have focused on the high‐level auditory system of …