The oscine passerines, or 'songbirds', are one of the few animal taxa in which individuals
learn their vocal signals. Recent comparative studies reveal a remarkable diversity of song …

Highlights•Mice do not show evidence of imitative vocal learning.•The lack of vocal learning
makes the mouse an excellent model system for understanding the genetic basis of human …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance
across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 …

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the
standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief …

The zebra finch is an important model organism in several fields, with unique relevance to
human neuroscience,. Like other songbirds, the zebra finch communicates through learned …

When animals live in cities, they have to adjust their behaviour and life histories to novel
environments. Noise pollution puts a severe constraint on vocal communication by …

Based on quantitative cluster analyses of 52 constitutively expressed or behaviorally
regulated genes in 23 brain regions, we present a global view of telencephalic organization …

A common trend in neuroscience is convergence on selected model systems. Underlying
this approach is an often implicit assumption that mechanisms observed in one species are …

Neuroecology is the study of adaptive variation in cognition and the brain. The origin of
neuroecology dates from the 1980s, when researchers in behavioral ecology began to apply …

Retinoid acid, the bioactive metabolite of vitamin A, is a potent signaling molecule in the
brains of growing and adult animals, regulates numerous gene products, and modulates …