scholarly journals Differential development of myelin in zebra finch song nuclei

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine L. Champoux ◽  
Kimberly E. Miller ◽  
David J. Perkel
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Differential Development ◽  
Zebra Finch Song

scholarly journals Discrimination of natural acoustic variation in vocal signals

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam R. Fishbein ◽  
Nora H. Prior ◽  
Jane A. Brown ◽  
Gregory F. Ball ◽  
Robert J. Dooling
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Acoustic Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Vocal Communication ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Speech Sounds ◽  
Vocal Signals ◽  
Acoustic Variation ◽  
Zebra Finch Song ◽  
Human Listener

AbstractStudies of acoustic communication often focus on the categories and units of vocalizations, but subtle variation also occurs in how these signals are uttered. In human speech, it is not only phonemes and words that carry information but also the timbre, intonation, and stress of how speech sounds are delivered (often referred to as “paralinguistic content”). In non-human animals, variation across utterances of vocal signals also carries behaviorally relevant information across taxa. However, the discriminability of these cues has been rarely tested in a psychophysical paradigm. Here, we focus on acoustic communication in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), a songbird species in which the male produces a single stereotyped motif repeatedly in song bouts. These motif renditions, like the song repetitions of many birds, sound very similar to the casual human listener. In this study, we show that zebra finches can easily discriminate between the renditions, even at the level of single song syllables, much as humans can discriminate renditions of speech sounds. These results support the notion that sensitivity to fine acoustic details may be a primary channel of information in zebra finch song, as well as a shared, foundational property of vocal communication systems across species.

scholarly journals Anatomical plasticity in the adult zebra finch song system

2012 ◽  
Vol 520 (16) ◽  
pp. 3673-3686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn S. McDonald ◽  
John R. Kirn
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Song System ◽  
Anatomical Plasticity ◽  
Zebra Finch Song

Relative salience of acoustic features in zebra finch song.

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 1863-1863
Author(s):  
Beth A. Vernaleo ◽  
Robert J. Dooling ◽  
Marjorie R. Leek
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Acoustic Features ◽  
Zebra Finch Song ◽  
Relative Salience

Relative salience of syllable order versus syllable fine structure in Zebra Finch song

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 3715-3715
Author(s):  
Shelby Lawson ◽  
Adam Fishbein ◽  
Nora H. Prior ◽  
Bernard Lohr ◽  
Gregory F. Ball ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Zebra Finch Song ◽  
Relative Salience

Influence of RA neural spontaneous firing in zebra finch song production

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. S243
Author(s):  
Ayako Ajima ◽  
Raimu Imai ◽  
Chihiro Mori ◽  
Kazuhiro Wada ◽  
Neal A. Hessler
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Spontaneous Firing ◽  
Song Production ◽  
Zebra Finch Song

Tamoxifen's effects on the zebra finch song system are estrogenic, not antiestrogenic

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 957-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greta A. Mathews ◽  
Arthur P. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Finch ◽  
Song System ◽  
Zebra Finch Song
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