A role for descending auditory cortical projections in songbird vocal learning

Many learned motor behaviors are acquired by comparing ongoing behavior with an internal representation of correct performance, rather than using an explicit external reward. For example, juvenile songbirds learn to sing by comparing their song with the memory of a tutor song. At present, the brain...

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Main Authors: Mandelblat-Cerf, Yael (Contributor), Las, Liora (Contributor), Denisenko, Natasha (Contributor), Fee, Michale S. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd., 2014-09-04T18:23:29Z.
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