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The Neurobiology of Vocal Learning.(2008 Dodgen Lecture)(Brief article)
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Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
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January 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Mississippi Academy of Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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5:00 pm Thursday
February 21, 2008
The Neurobiology of Vocal Learning
given by Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
Erich Jarvis, a world-renowned neurobiologist at Duke University Medical Center, is noted for his research on genes in the brain pathways for vocal learning in birds. As an associate professor in the department of neurobiology at the North Carolina university, he heads a team of researchers in the field of vocal communication. Using songbirds as the main animal model, the scientists are learning how the brain is able to learn the behavior of sound. By learning how birds are able ...
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