Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

This study shows that lesions in the mMAN region increase variability in song syntax of Bengalese finches, suggesting its role in sequencing vocal elements.

The paper analyzes the acoustic structure and informational content of common marmoset phee sequences, finding that elements encode caller identity and sex with varying accuracy across positions.

The paper shows that in mice, ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are less represented in the inferior colliculus compared to lower frequency social vocalizations, despite being more common.

This study investigates the effects of estradiol and flutamide on the song system of developing male zebra finches, showing demasculinizing effects of early estradiol on HVC and mixed results for flutamide.

This study analyzes the spectral substructures and superstructures of male African Savannah elephant rumbles, revealing complex vocal modulation and implications for social communication and conservation.

The paper identifies proteins and regulatory elements associated with vocal learning by analyzing bat neural activity and epigenomic data.

This paper introduces the auditory perceptual distance (APD) metric, which outperforms MSE in capturing perceptual sensitivity and robustness for complex acoustic signals.

The paper investigates predictive coding in songbird auditory brain regions by analyzing how neurons respond to vocal signals using predictive and error representations.

This study shows that early damage to the anterior cingulate cortex in marmosets disrupts the development of social vocalizations and alters downstream brain structures.

This study investigates female Java sparrow preferences for song familiarity and complexity, finding they prefer familiar songs and more complex songs with larger note repertoires and lower linearity.

The paper analyzes low-frequency rumbles of wild male African Savannah elephants to show coordinated antiphonal calling and individualized vocal spaces for group coordination and personal identification.

This study shows that the primary motor cortex in mice influences laryngeal and jaw muscles through direct and indirect projections, supporting the continuum hypothesis of vocal learning.

The paper investigates neural dynamics in the rodent motor cortex during vocal production, showing temporal scaling of premotor firing patterns enables vocal flexibility.

The paper shows that intonation in mouse vocalizations is controlled by breath patterns generated by the iRO brainstem circuit, revealing a novel mechanism for pitch control.

The study examines whether Java sparrow songs follow linguistic laws, finding adherence to Menzerath's Law but not Zipf's Law of Abbreviation.

The paper shows that daily vocal exercise is necessary for songbirds to maintain peak vocal muscle performance and that this affects song quality and mate preference.

The paper investigates the role of the anterior forebrain pathway (AFP) in parrots' vocal learning, finding that its inactivation disrupts the production of learned vocalizations with individual signatures, unlike songbirds.

The paper shows that mesostriatal dopamine pathways in songbirds are spatially segregated before vocal learning begins.

This study examines frontal cortex activity in marmoset monkeys during social vocal communication, finding distinct neural patterns for different vocalizations and theta-band oscillations linked to vocal phrase timing.

The paper identifies RAmVOC neurons as critical for vocal pattern generation and vocal-respiratory coupling in mice.

This study shows that the anterior cingulate cortex modulates USV production in male mice during courtship through increased neural activity and Ca2+ dynamics.

This study shows zebra finches can plan vocal changes to recover a target song without immediate sensory experience.

The paper shows that distinct midbrain neuron populations control different acoustic categories of vocalizations in mice.

The paper identifies a dynamic top-down influence of LMAN on RA during birdsong learning, showing strengthened co-fluctuations and context-specific motor-biasing.

The paper shows that auditory neurons in zebra finches adjust their response to distorted feedback during courtship singing compared to solo singing.

The paper shows that mouse primary auditory cortex neurons adaptively represent entire acoustic sequences based on social experience without altering selectivity for individual syllables.

The paper shows seasonal changes in auditory forebrain responses to innate conspecific begging calls in European starlings, with differential activation in specific brain regions during breeding and non-breeding seasons.

The paper introduces a convolutional auto-encoder for vocalisation clustering, showing improved representation quality compared to existing methods across multiple species.

The paper identifies a direct cortical projection from the primary motor cortex to the nucleus ambiguus in two bat species, suggesting they have the anatomical substrate for vocal learning.

The paper identifies a songbird VP-LHb-VTA pathway involved in vocal learning, showing that LHb lesions disrupt normal vocal development.