Vocal learning

Persistent vocal learning in an aging open-ended learner reflected in neural FoxP2 expression
Most vocal learning species exhibit an early critical period during which their vocal control neural circuitry facilitates the …
Bushra Moussaoui, Kennedy Ulmer, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F. Wright
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A cultural atlas of vocal variation, yellow-naped amazons exhibit contact call dialects throughout their Mesoamerican range
Vocal dialects are a taxonomically widespread phenomenon which are typically only studied in a portion of a species’ range. Thus, it is …
Molly K. Genes, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Christine R. Dahlin, Timothy F. Wright
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Evidence for maintenance of key components of vocal learning in ageing budgerigars despite diminished affiliative social interaction
In some species, the ability to acquire new vocalizations persists into adult- hood and may be an important mediator of social …
Bushra Moussaoui, Samantha L. Overcashier, Gregory M. Kohn, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Timothy F. Wright
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Breeding season length predicts duet coordination and consistency in Neotropical wrens (Troglodytidae)
Many animals produce coordinated signals, but few are more striking than the elaborate male–female vocal duets produced by some …
Emily L. Keenan, Karan J. Odom, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Kyle G. Horton, Matthew Strimas-Mackey, Megan A. Meatte, Nigel I. Mann, Peter J. B. Slater, J. Jordan Price, Christopher N. Templeton
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Early development of vocal interaction rules in a duetting songbird
Exchange of vocal signals is an important aspect of animal communication. Although birdsong is the premier model for understanding …
Karla D Rivera-cáceres, Esmeralda Quirós-guerrero, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Christopher N Templeton, William A Searcy
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Neotropical wrens learn new duet rules as adults
Although song development in songbirds has been much studied as an analogue of language development in humans, the development of vocal …
K. D. Rivera-Cáceres, E. Quirós-Guerrero, Marcelo Araya-Salas, W. A. Searcy
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Does vocal learning accelerate acoustic diversification? Evolution of contact calls in Neotropical parrots
Learning has been traditionally thought to accelerate the evolutionary change of behavioural traits. We evaluated the evolutionary rate …
A. Medina-García, Marcelo Araya-Salas, T. F. Wright
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