Hubel and Wiesel began the modern study of development and plasticity of primary visual
cortex (V1), discovering response properties of cortical neurons that distinguished them from …

Scientists in many different fields have been attracted to the study of habits because of the
power habits have over behavior and because they invoke a dichotomy between the …

It is widely recognized that the neural basis of brain function can be fully understood only by
integrating many disciplines at many levels. Studies of synaptic organization are bringing …

We believe that names have a powerful influence on the experiments we do and the way in
which we think. For this reason, and in the light of new evidence about the function and …

Sequences of motor activity are encoded in many vertebrate brains by complex spatio-
temporal patterns of neural activity; however, the neural circuit mechanisms underlying the …

In changing environments, animals must adaptively select actions to achieve their goals. In
tasks involving goal-directed action selection, striatal neural activity has been shown to …

Vocal imitation in human infants and in some orders of birds relies on auditory-guided motor
learning during a sensitive period of development. It proceeds from'babbling'(in humans) …

Infants' prelinguistic vocalizations are rarely considered relevant for communicative
development. As a result, there are few studies of mechanisms underlying developmental …

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 …

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 …