The vertebrate mesolimbic reward system and social behavior network: a comparative synthesis

LA O'Connell, HA Hofmann - Journal of Comparative …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
All animals evaluate the salience of external stimuli and integrate them with internal
physiological information into adaptive behavior. Natural and sexual selection im**e on …

Social competence: an evolutionary approach

B Taborsky, RF Oliveira - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2012‏ - cell.com
'Social competence'refers to the ability of an individual to optimise its social behaviour
depending on available social information. Although such ability will enhance social …

Critical period regulation

TK Hensch - Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 2004‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Neuronal circuits are shaped by experience during critical periods of early
postnatal life. The ability to control the timing, duration, and closure of these heightened …

The genome of a songbird

WC Warren, DF Clayton, H Ellegren, AP Arnold… - Nature, 2010‏ - nature.com
The zebra finch is an important model organism in several fields, with unique relevance to
human neuroscience,. Like other songbirds, the zebra finch communicates through learned …

Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei

A Reiner, DJ Perkel, LL Bruce, AB Butler… - Journal of …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
The standard nomenclature that has been used for many telencephalic and related
brainstem structures in birds is based on flawed assumptions of homology to mammals. In …

Social interaction shapes babbling: Testing parallels between birdsong and speech

MH Goldstein, AP King, MJ West - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2003‏ - pnas.org
Birdsong is considered a model of human speech development at behavioral and neural
levels. Few direct tests of the proposed analogs exist, however. Here we test a mechanism …

[كتاب][B] Nature's music: the science of birdsong

PR Marler, H Slabbekoorn - 2004‏ - books.google.com
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature's Music brings together
some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our …

A procedure for an automated measurement of song similarity

O Tchernichovski, F Nottebohm, CE Ho, B Pesaran… - Animal behaviour, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Assessment of vocal imitation requires a widely accepted way of describing and measuring
any similarities between the song of a tutor and that of its pupil. Quantifying the similarity …

What songbirds teach us about learning

MS Brainard, AJ Doupe - Nature, 2002‏ - nature.com
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 …

Genes and social behavior

GE Robinson, RD Fernald, DF Clayton - science, 2008‏ - science.org
What genes and regulatory sequences contribute to the organization and functioning of
neural circuits and molecular pathways in the brain that support social behavior? How does …