NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
Self-organization of songbird neural sequences during social isolation
Emily L. Mackevicius, Shijie Gu, Natalia I. Denisenko, Michale S. Fee
This study shows that neural sequences in songbirds can form without tutor exposure but become tightly associated with new syllables after tutoring, with some birds failing to learn due to pre-existing crystallized sequences.
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