Functional MRI of auditory responses in the zebra finch forebrain reveals a hierarchical organisation based on signal strength but not selectivity.

BACKGROUND: Male songbirds learn their songs from an adult tutor when they are young. A network of brain nuclei known as the 'song system' is the likely neural substrate for sensorimotor learning and production of song, but the neural networks involved in processing the auditory feedback s...

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Main Authors: Tiny Boumans, Sharon M H Gobes, Colline Poirier, Frederic E Theunissen, Liesbeth Vandersmissen, Wouter Pintjens, Marleen Verhoye, Johan J Bolhuis, Annemie Van der Linden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2527133?pdf=render