Abstract
Neuroscience of birdsong
Highlights
The title Neuroscience of Birdsong hardly does justice to the contents of this treasure of a book
Birdwatching has played an important role in the youth of many eminent ecologists or evolutionary biologists, [1] and this may have played a small part in the emphasis that has been placed on the role of birdsong in behavioural ecology
In many of the best-studied species, typically from temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, singing is closely related to sexual dimorphism, where males sing in order to attract females or to mark their territory
Summary
The title Neuroscience of Birdsong hardly does justice to the contents of this treasure of a book. In the best-studied systems, where the Northern Hemisphere species are joined by the Australian zebra finch, the central auditory system in the male birds' brains is significantly larger than that of the females of the species. Like human language, is acquired from role models; but nature, in addition to nurture, plays its part.
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