| Auditory responses in avian vocal motor neurons: a motor theory for song perception in birds H Williams, F Nottebohm Science 229 (4710), 279-282, 1985 | 289 | 1985 |
| Birdsong and singing behavior H Williams Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1016 (1), 1-30, 2004 | 247 | 2004 |
| Changes in adult zebra finch song require a forebrain nucleus that is not necessary for song production H Williams, N Mehta Journal of neurobiology 39 (1), 14-28, 1999 | 227 | 1999 |
| Song learning in birds: the relation between perception and production F Nottebohm, A Alvarez-Buylla, J Cynx, J Kirn, CY Ling, M Nottebohm, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1990 | 198 | 1990 |
| Right‐side dominance for song control in the zebra finch H Williams, LA Crane, TK Hale, MA Esposito, F Nottebohm Journal of neurobiology 23 (8), 1006-1020, 1992 | 162 | 1992 |
| Models for song learning in the zebra finch: fathers or others? H Williams Animal Behaviour 39 (4), 745-757, 1990 | 159 | 1990 |
| Syllable chunking in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song. H Williams, K Staples Journal of Comparative Psychology 106 (3), 278, 1992 | 142 | 1992 |
| Temporal patterning of song production: participation of nucleus uvaeformis of the thalamus H Williams, DS Vicario Journal of neurobiology 24 (7), 903-912, 1993 | 141 | 1993 |
| Choreography of song, dance and beak movements in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) H Williams Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (20), 3497-3506, 2001 | 140 | 2001 |
| Hemispheric differences in avian song discrimination. J Cynx, H Williams, F Nottebohm Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 89 (4), 1372-1375, 1992 | 136 | 1992 |
| Three decades of cultural evolution in Savannah sparrow songs H Williams, II Levin, DR Norris, AEM Newman, NT Wheelwright Animal Behaviour 85 (1), 213-223, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Timbre control in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables. H Williams, J Cynx, F Nottebohm Journal of Comparative Psychology 103 (4), 366, 1989 | 93 | 1989 |
| Untutored song, reproductive success and song learning H Williams, K Kilander, ML Sotanski Animal Behaviour 45 (4), 695-705, 1993 | 92 | 1993 |
| Timbre discrimination in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables. J Cynx, H Williams, F Nottebohm Journal of Comparative Psychology 104 (4), 303, 1990 | 88 | 1990 |
| Wild birds learn songs from experimental vocal tutors DJ Mennill, SM Doucet, AEM Newman, H Williams, IG Moran, IP Thomas, ... Current Biology 28 (20), 3273-3278. e4, 2018 | 81 | 2018 |
| Sexual dimorphism of auditory activity in the zebra finch song system H Williams Behavioral and neural biology 44 (3), 470-484, 1985 | 81 | 1985 |
| Changes in stereotyped central motor patterns controlling vocalization are induced by peripheral nerve injury H Williams, JR McKibben Behavioral and neural biology 57 (1), 67-78, 1992 | 80 | 1992 |
| Multiple representations and auditory-motor interactions in the avian song system. H Williams Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1989 | 78 | 1989 |
| The influence of different tutor types on song learning in a natural bird population NT Wheelwright, MB Swett, II Levin, DE Kroodsma, CR Freeman-Gallant, ... Animal Behaviour 75 (4), 1479-1493, 2008 | 59 | 2008 |
| High levels of new neuron addition persist when the sensitive period for song learning is experimentally prolonged L Wilbrecht, H Williams, N Gangadhar, F Nottebohm Journal of Neuroscience 26 (36), 9135-9141, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |