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Segmentation and identification of vocal communication in the Zebra Finch

Frederic Theunissen - Professor, Psychology

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

How does the brain represent meaningful information from sound? This project investigates this question by examining natural vocal communication between zebra finches. Zebra finches are gregarious songbirds with a very rich vocal repertoire of calls to communicate in different behavioral contexts: peer recognition, mate interactions, offspring care, etc. In such...

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