Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxiv
Chance, long tails, and inference: a non-Gaussian, Bayesian theory of vocal learning in songbirds
B. Zhou, D. Hofmann, I. Pinkoviezky…·I. Nemenman
The paper develops a non-Gaussian Bayesian theory of vocal learning in songbirds that explains behavioral observations through distributional learning and confirms predictions with experimental data.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1713020115