A behavioral framework to guide research on central auditory development and plasticity

DH Sanes, SMN Woolley - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
The auditory CNS is influenced profoundly by sounds heard during development. Auditory
deprivation and augmented sound exposure can each perturb the maturation of neural …

Song learning in birds: the relation between perception and production

F Nottebohm, A Alvarez-Buylla… - … of the Royal …, 1990 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The vocal control system of oscine songbirds has some perplexing properties-eg laterality,
adult neurogenesis, neuronal replacement—that are not predicted by common views of how …

Free-running activity rhythms in the rat: entrainment by melatonin

J Redman, S Armstrong, KT Ng - Science, 1983 - science.org
The pineal gland hormone melatonin may play a role in synchronization of rat circadian
rhythms. Free-running activity rhythms of the rat were entrained by a daily melatonin …

The analysis of animal communication

S Green, P Marler - Social behavior and communication, 1979 - Springer
Communication consists of the transmission of information from one animal to another.
Information is encoded by one individual into a signal. When received by another animal …

Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent

WA Searcy, RC Anderson, S Nowicki - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2006 - Springer
A central question in animal communication research concerns the reliability of animal
signals. The question is particularly relevant to aggressive communication, where there …

A test for responsiveness to song structure and programming in female sparrows

WA Searcy, P Marler - Science, 1981 - science.org
Female song sparrows, primed with implants of estradiol, gave the solicitation display for
copulation in response to acoustic stimulation with song. This technique demonstrated that …

The perception of birdsong and an ecological concept of signal space.

DA Nelson, P Marler - 1990 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract perception and the environment/discrimination between signal and
nonsignals/describing and categorizing complex stimuli/bird song and the concept of signal …

Auditory responses in avian vocal motor neurons: a motor theory for song perception in birds

H Williams, F Nottebohm - Science, 1985 - science.org
The hypoglossal motor neurons that innervate the vocal organ (syrinx) of the male zebra
finch show a selective, long-latency (50-millisecond) response to sound. This response is …

Innate differences in singing behaviour of sparrows reared in isolation from adult conspecific song

P Marler, V Sherman - Animal Behaviour, 1985 - Elsevier
Innate differences in the singing behaviour of male swamp (Melospiza georgiana) and song
(M. melodia) sparrows were identified by rearing males from the egg in the laboratory under …

Sexual differences in species recognition of avian song

WA Searcy, EA Brenowitz - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
Studies of species recognition in male birds have often identified features that are distinctive,
invariant markers of a species song but which can be altered without altering male …