[HTML][HTML] A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong

G Costalunga, D Vallentin, JI Benichov - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Learning and execution of complex motor skills are often modulated by sensory feedback
and contextual cues arriving across multiple sensory modalities. Vocal motor behaviors, in …

Lesions in a songbird vocal circuit increase variability in song syntax

A Koparkar, TL Warren, JD Charlesworth, S Shin… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Complex skills like speech and dance are composed of ordered sequences of simpler
elements, but the neuronal basis for the syntactic ordering of actions is poorly understood …

Goal-directed vocal planning in a songbird

AT Zai, AE Stepien, N Giret, RHR Hahnloser - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Songbirds' vocal mastery is impressive, but to what extent is it a result of practice? Can they,
based on experienced mismatch with a known target, plan the necessary changes to …