Highlights•Understanding sound production mechanisms can enhance investigation of
performance.•Performance ranges of temporal and spectral features vary with production …

Sensorimotor learning represents a challenging problem for natural and artificial systems.
Several computational models have been proposed to explain the neural and cognitive …

A fundamental problem in neuroscience is understanding how sequences of action
potentials (“spikes”) encode information about sensory signals and motor outputs. Although …

Vocal signals, including human speech and birdsong, are produced by complicated,
precisely coordinated body movements, whose execution is fitness-determining in resource …

Neurons coordinate their activity to produce an astonishing variety of motor behaviors. Our
present understanding of motor control has grown rapidly thanks to new methods for …

The following preface is the one that we published in Volume 1 of the Springer Handbook of
Auditory Research back in 1992. As anyone reading the original preface, or the many users …

Vocal signals mediate much of human and non-human communication. Key performance
traits-such as repertoire size, speed and accuracy of delivery-affect communication efficacy …

The evolution of complex behavior is driven by the interplay of morphological specializations
and neuromuscular control mechanisms [1–3], and it is often difficult to tease apart their …

Acetylcholine is well-understood to enhance cortical sensory responses and perceptual
sensitivity in aroused or attentive states. Yet little is known about cholinergic influences on …

Recent developments in biologically inspired robotics and artificial intelligence emphasize
the need for a systems view on motor control, termed embodied motor control. Embodied …