A Hit of Dopamine Tells Baby Birds When Their Song Practice Is Paying Off
Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...
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Dopamine’s Role in Self-Driven Song Learning Revealed in Zebra Finches
Juvenile zebra finches undergo an intense learning process to master their songs, practicing up to 10,000 times a day. Despite initially producing disorganized vocalizations, young males persist in ...
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Scientists map neural wiring of vocal circuits in songbirds
The courtship song of male zebra finches is a well-studied example of a naturally learned behaviour, and is controlled by a set of interconnected forebrain regions in the dorsal ventricular ridge ...
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Dopamine fuels learning in young songbirds
Zebra finches learn their courtship songs early in life by first listening to their fathers and memorizing the melodies.
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A hit of dopamine tells baby birds when their song practice is paying off
In zebra finches, only the males sing; young birds learn their courtship song early in life by first listening closely to their dads and memorizing his song. Then, like babies learning to talk ...