Researchers map neural circuitry of songbird learning

Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 16:52 in Biology & Nature

How do juvenile songbirds learn to sing in a way that preserves both the unique features of local song culture and their specifics-specific song "signature"? Researchers have begun to map the brain circuitry responsible for cultural transmission and species specificity in birdsong.

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