Songbirds, long of interest to basic neuroscience, have great potential as a model system for
translational neuroscience. Songbirds learn their complex vocal behavior in a manner that …

Humans have a long history of relationship with domestic animals and nowadays pets often
act as" social substitutes" through bonding. There is some evidence that pet presence at …

A variety of attention-related effects have been demonstrated in primary auditory cortex (A1).
However, an understanding of the functional role of higher auditory cortical areas in guiding …

Research in cognitive psychology has repeatedly shown how much cognition and emotions
are mutually related to one another. Psychological disorders are associated with cognitive …

Songbirds, like humans, are highly accomplished vocal learners. The many parallels
between speech and birdsong and conserved features of mammalian and avian auditory …

Turn-taking in conversation appears to be a common feature in various human cultures and
this universality raises questions about its biological basis and evolutionary trajectory …

For social animals that communicate acoustically, hearing loss and social isolation are
factors that independently influence social behavior. In human subjects, hearing loss may …

Dialects are one of the parallels that have long been established between human language
and animal communication. We discuss the potential functional parallels between human …

As visual attention is an intrinsic part of social relationships, and because relationships are
built on a succession of interactions, their establishment involves learning and attention. The …

Background While it is clearly admitted that normal behavioural development is determined
by the interplay of genetic and environmental influences, this is much less the case for …