How social experience shapes song representation in the brain of starlings

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-177

  George, Isabelle ^a   Cousillas, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Brain development; Communication; Experience; Plasticity; Sensory processing; Social interactions; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONDITIONING; HEARING; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STARLING; VISUAL INFORMATION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; LEARNING; MUSIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLINGS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84878582442     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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