Birdsong provides a fascinating system to study both behavioral and neural plasticity.
Oscine songbirds learn to sing, exhibiting behavioral plasticity both during and after the …

Auditory communication in humans and other animals frequently takes place in noisy
environments with many co‐occurring signallers. Receivers are thus challenged to rapidly …

Amongst an array of stimuli from countless species, animals must recognize salient signals,
including those of their own species. In songbirds, behavioral tests have demonstrated that …

Vocal learning species must form and extensively hone associations between sounds and
social contingencies. In songbirds, dopamine signaling guides song motor production …

Species recognition mediates the association of individuals with conspecifics. Learned cues
often facilitate species recognition via early social experience with parents and siblings. Yet …

Estrogens support major brain functions including cognition, reproduction, neuroprotection
and sensory processing. Neuroestrogens are synthesized within some brain areas by the …

Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) use their namesake chick-a-dee call for
multiple functions, altering the features of the call depending on context. For example, duty …

The detrimental effects of early life stress on brain development and behavior in adulthood
are well known, but the effects of acute stressors experienced later in life on brain activation …