[HTML][HTML] Toward a science of computational ethology

DJ Anderson, P Perona - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
The new field of" Computational Ethology" is made possible by advances in technology,
mathematics, and engineering that allow scientists to automate the measurement and the …

Translating birdsong: songbirds as a model for basic and applied medical research

MS Brainard, AJ Doupe - Annual review of neuroscience, 2013 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Birdsong neurolinguistics: Songbird context-free grammar claim is premature

GJL Beckers, JJ Bolhuis, K Okanoya, RC Berwick - Neuroreport, 2012 - journals.lww.com
There are remarkable behavioral, neural, and genetic similarities between song learning in
songbirds and speech acquisition in human infants. Previously, we have argued that this …

Human-like brain hemispheric dominance in birdsong learning

S Moorman, SMH Gobes, M Kuijpers… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Unlike nonhuman primates, songbirds learn to vocalize very much like human infants
acquire spoken language. In humans, Broca's area in the frontal lobe and Wernicke's area in …

Birdsong memory and the brain: in search of the template

JJ Bolhuis, S Moorman - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
In his pioneering research on the neural mechanisms of filial imprinting, Gabriel Horn has
gone a long way to fulfilling Karl Lashley's dream of finding the 'engram'or memory trace in …

Brains for birds and babies: Neural parallels between birdsong and speech acquisition

JF Prather, K Okanoya, JJ Bolhuis - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Language as a computational cognitive mechanism appears to be unique to the
human species. However, there are remarkable behavioral similarities between song …

[HTML][HTML] A bird's eye view of human language evolution

RC Berwick, GJL Beckers, K Okanoya… - Frontiers in evolutionary …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Comparative studies of linguistic faculties in animals pose an evolutionary paradox:
language involves certain perceptual and motor abilities, but it is not clear that this serves as …

Embryological staging of the Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata

JR Murray, CW Varian‐Ramos, ZS Welch… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are the most commonly used laboratory
songbird species, yet their embryological development has been poorly characterized. Most …

Neurodevelopmental toxicity induced by maternal PM2. 5 exposure and protective effects of quercetin and Vitamin C

M Zhang, W Liu, Y Zhou, Y Li, Y Qin, Y Xu - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Epidemiological studies show that maternal exposure to PM 2.5 affects the
neurodevelopment of the offspring, especially the neurocognitive function. However, no …

Rapid effects of estrogens on behavior: environmental modulation and molecular mechanisms

SA Laredo, RV Landeros, BC Trainor - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2014 - Elsevier
Estradiol can modulate neural activity and behavior via both genomic and nongenomic
mechanisms. Environmental cues have a major impact on the relative importance of these …