The motor origins of human and avian song structure

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 15510-15515

  Tierney, Adam T ^a,b   Russo, Frank A ^c   Patel, Aniruddh D ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Evolution; Music

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SPECIES COMPARISON; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSIC; RESPIRATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPARROWS; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 80053063036     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103882108     Document Type: Article

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