Abstract Language is a complex multidimensional cognitive system that is connected to
many neurocognitive capacities. The development of language is therefore strongly …

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 …

Abstract Language as a computational cognitive mechanism appears to be unique to the
human species. However, there are remarkable behavioral similarities between song …

Decades of work have established the brain as a source of steroid hormones, termed
'neurosteroids'. The neurosteroid neuroestradiol is produced in discrete brain areas and …

Abstract Contribution to Special Issue on Fast effects of steroids. Steroid hormones, such as
estrogens, were once thought to be exclusively synthesized in the ovaries and enact …

Visual imprinting in chicks and song learning in songbirds are prominent model systems for
the study of the neural mechanisms of memory. In both systems, neural lateralisation has …

Juvenile male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) must be exposed to an adult tutor during
a sensitive period to develop normal adult song. The pre-motor nucleus HVC (acronym used …

Vocal learning occurs during an experience-dependent, age-limited critical period early in
development. In songbirds, vocal learning begins when presinging birds acquire an auditory …

Abstract Following Jerry Hogan, I argue that questions of function and evolution, and
questions of mechanism should be seen as logically distinct. Evolution is concerned with a …

Estrogens support major brain functions including cognition, reproduction, neuroprotection
and sensory processing. Neuroestrogens are synthesized within some brain areas by the …