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Giacomo Costalunga

Max Planck Institute for Biological IntelligenceORCID 0000-0001-9413-0508Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Daniela VallentiniD· 2 shared Carolina Carpena Sanchez· 1 shared Colin Cross· 1 shared J.S. Calderon-Garcia· 1 shared Jan ClemensiD· 1 shared Jonathan I. BenichoviD· 1 shared Tim P. VogelsiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintApr 12, 2025

Nightingales imitate the duration of whistle syllables

J.S. Calderon-Garcia, Giacomo Costalunga, Tim P. Vogels, Daniela Vallentin

This study shows that nightingales imitate whistle syllable durations in real-time but adjust within their natural vocal range when exposed to novel stimuli.

DOI 10.1101/2025.04.12.648498

multiple speciesexperimental assay

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintApr 12, 2025

Attuning to song duels facilitates song-matching in nightingales

Giacomo Costalunga, Carolina Carpena Sanchez, Jonathan I. Benichov…·Daniela Vallentin

This study shows nightingales adjust their songs in response to rivals, with neurons in HVC tuned to specific songs, enabling context-specific vocal responses.

2 citations

experimental assay

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