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Birdsong and speech development: could there be parallels?
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Communicating Between Species and Between Disciplines—Lessons from the Old English Seafarer
TL;DR: In this article, the analogy of birdsong in the Old English Seafarer as an access point for critical and meta-critical discussions regarding the communicative prohibitions and possibilities be considered.
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Song Learning in Birds Offers a Model for Neuronal Replacement in Adult Brain
TL;DR: The discovery of neurogenesis in adult canaries came as a surprise because it was found in a context where it had not been contemplated, the study of vocal learning, and may also shed light on a basic issue of brain function: what limits learning.
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Mechanisms of Temporal Auditory Pattern Recognition in Songbirds
TL;DR: Recent advances in birdsong are described in the context of a larger endeavor to understand the biological basis of temporal pattern recognition in one species of songbird, European starlings.
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Distinct patterns of geographic variation for different song components in Daurian Redstarts Phoenicurus auroreus
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the evolution of Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus song components along independent trajectories and show a mix of clinal and dialect patterns of geographic variation.
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Language matters : a guide to everyday questions about language
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Ontogeny of bird song.
TL;DR: The characteristics of its innervation, musculature, membranes and resonators, and its functioning must incorporate the prior' ity of respiratory needs, so a study of vocal development involves control over only a small number of variables.