Corinna Lorenz

Estimating the motor exploration in reinforcement learning

The paper estimates motor exploration strategies in songbirds using a reinforcement learning framework and finds that non-ideal variability aligns with suboptimal learning trajectories.

Sharp waves, bursts, and coherence: Activity in a songbird vocal circuit is influenced by behavioral state

The paper investigates neural activity patterns in the songbird anterior forebrain pathway during sleep and awake states, finding synchronized bursts in LMAN during NREM sleep similar to hippocampal sharp-wave ripples.

Familiarity of an environment prevents song suppression in isolated zebra finches

This study finds that social isolation in a familiar environment does not suppress singing in zebra finches, unlike isolation in an unfamiliar environment.