Deterioration in the quality of a person's voice and speech is an early marker of Parkinson's
disease (PD). In humans, the neural circuit that supports vocal motor control consists of a …

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 …

Vocal learning from social partners is crucial for the successful development of
communication in a wide range of species. Social interactions organize attention and …

Male songbirds use song to advertise their attractiveness as potential mates, and the
properties of those songs have a powerful influence on female mate preferences. One idea …

Melatonin plays a central role in entraining activity to the day–night cycle in vertebrates.
Here, we investigate neuroanatomical substrates of melatonin‐dependent vocal–acoustic …

Brain activity during sleep is fairly ubiquitous and the best studied possible function is a role
in memory consolidation, including motor memory. One suggested mechanism of how …

Courtship displays are typically comprised of the same behavioral pattern, or patterns,
repeated several times by males. Both the quantity and quality of the displays produced by a …

Reinforcement learning (RL) is thought to underlie the acquisition of vocal skills like
birdsong and speech, where sounding like one's “tutor” is rewarding. However, what RL …

Learned vocalization, including birdsong and human speech, is acquired through self‐
motivated vocal practice during the sensitive period of vocal learning. The zebra finch …

Background Although acoustic communication plays an essential role in the social
interactions of Rallidae, our knowledge of how Rallidae encode diverse types of information …