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Volitional control of vocalizations in corvid songbirds

Songbirds are renowned for their acoustically elaborate songs. However, it is unclear whether songbirds can cognitively control their vocal output. Here, we show that crows, songbirds of the corvid family, can be trained to exert control over their vocalizations. In a detection task, three male carr...

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Autores principales: Brecht, Katharina F., Hage, Steffen R., Gavrilov, Natalja, Nieder, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31454343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000375