Abstract
The stereotyped courtship songs of 'age-limited' songbirds, which learn their songs during a specific early period of their lives, were once thought immutable, but recent studies suggest that their maintenance may actually rely on subtle cues provided by auditory feedback.
MeSH terms
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Acoustic Stimulation
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Age Factors
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Animals
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Brain Mapping
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Courtship*
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Feedback
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Learning / physiology*
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Male
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Neostriatum / physiology
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Neuronal Plasticity
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Pattern Recognition, Automated
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Prosencephalon / physiology
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Songbirds / physiology*
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Tape Recording
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Telencephalon / physiology
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Vocalization, Animal / physiology*