What songbirds teach us about learning
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- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 417 (6886) , 351-358
- https://doi.org/10.1038/417351a
Abstract
Bird fanciers have known for centuries that songbirds learn their songs. This learning has striking parallels to speech acquisition: like humans, birds must hear the sounds of adults during a sensitive period, and must hear their own voice while learning to vocalize. With the discovery and investigation of discrete brain structures required for singing, songbirds are now providing insights into neural mechanisms of learning. Aided by a wealth of behavioural observations and species diversity, studies in songbirds are addressing such basic issues in neuroscience as perceptual and sensorimotor learning, developmental regulation of plasticity, and the control and function of adult neurogenesis.Keywords
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