Songbirds can learn flexible contextual control over syllable sequencing

The flexible control of sequential behavior is a fundamental aspect of speech, enabling endless reordering of a limited set of learned vocal elements (syllables or words). Songbirds are phylogenetically distant from humans but share both the capacity for vocal learning and neural circuitry for vocal...

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Main Authors: Lena Veit, Lucas Y Tian, Christian J Monroy Hernandez, Michael S Brainard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-06-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/61610