Birdsong is a rare example of learned vocal communication. Like speech, song consists of acoustic units (syllables) that are learned from adults and organized into temporal sequences (syntax) during ...

Researchers can predict what syllables a bird will sing—and when it will sing them—by reading electrical signals in its brain, reports a new study from the University of California San Diego. Having ...

How brain circuits are organized to skillfully produce learned sequences of behaviours is still poorly understood. Here we functionally examined how the cortical song premotor region HVC, which is ...