Songbirds work around computational complexity by learning song vocabulary independently of sequence
Efficiently imitating a complex motor sequence such as birdsong is a computationally intensive problem. Here the authors show that young zebra finches learn new songs using a non-optimal strategy that prioritizes efficient learning of syllable vocabulary over syllable sequence.
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Main Authors: | Dina Lipkind, Anja T. Zai, Alexander Hanuschkin, Gary F. Marcus, Ofer Tchernichovski, Richard H. R. Hahnloser |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/cb6af023846a47c181f97e4b8dc0dc41 |
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