A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches
Increased movement is associated with improved vocal activity in young zebra finches, while reducing locomotion leads to poor vocal learning. These results suggest that exercise in juvenile birds may actually promote their ability to learn and produce songs.
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| author | Wan-chun Liu Michelle Landstrom MaKenna Cealie Iona MacKillop |
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| description | Increased movement is associated with improved vocal activity in young zebra finches, while reducing locomotion leads to poor vocal learning. These results suggest that exercise in juvenile birds may actually promote their ability to learn and produce songs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-141b8c85cac04e8581bf366b1116e2952022-12-22T02:29:20ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Biology2399-36422022-06-01511910.1038/s42003-022-03533-3A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finchesWan-chun Liu0Michelle Landstrom1MaKenna Cealie2Iona MacKillop3Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Colgate UniversityDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Colgate UniversityDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Colgate UniversityDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Colgate UniversityIncreased movement is associated with improved vocal activity in young zebra finches, while reducing locomotion leads to poor vocal learning. These results suggest that exercise in juvenile birds may actually promote their ability to learn and produce songs.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03533-3 |
| spellingShingle | Wan-chun Liu Michelle Landstrom MaKenna Cealie Iona MacKillop A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches Communications Biology |
| title | A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches |
| title_full | A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches |
| title_fullStr | A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches |
| title_full_unstemmed | A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches |
| title_short | A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches |
| title_sort | juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03533-3 |
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