Songbirds Reveal How Practice Improves Performance
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 21:21
in Biology & Nature
Learning complex skills like playing an instrument requires a sequence of movements that can take years to master. Last year, neuroscientists reported that by studying the chirps of tiny songbirds, they were able to identify how two distinct brain circuits contribute to this type of trial-and-error learning in different stages of life.