Learning and maintaining the sounds we use in vocal communication require accurate
perception of the sounds we hear performed by others and feedback-dependent imitation of …

Vocal imitation involves incorporating instructive auditory information into relevant motor
circuits through processes that are poorly understood. In zebra finches, we found that …

Communication between auditory and vocal motor nuclei is essential for vocal learning. In
songbirds, the nucleus interfacialis of the nidopallium (NIf) is part of a sensorimotor loop …

Inhibitory interneurons are highly heterogeneous circuit elements often characterized by cell
biological properties, but how these factors relate to specific roles underlying complex …

Auditory neurophysiology has demonstrated how basic acoustic features are mapped in the
brain, but it is still not clear how multiple sound components are integrated over time and …

Learning by imitation involves not only perceiving another individual's action to copy it, but
also the formation of a memory trace in order to gradually establish a correspondence …