Richard Daniel Mooney

Book section · January 1, 2009 Although many vertebrates literally sing out to communicate with other members of their species, the capacity for vocal learning is quite rare. Indeed, vocal learning has been convincingly demonstrated only for humans, songbirds, parrots, and certain speci ... Full text Cite

Neurophysiology of birdsong learning

Book section · January 1, 2007 Oscine songbirds use auditory feedback to learn and, in some species, to maintain their courtship songs. Song learning is restricted to a juvenile sensitive period characterized by a remarkable capacity for memorization and subsequent accurate imitation of ... Full text Cite