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Song Development: In Search of the Error‐Signal

DERÉGNAUCOURT, S, MITRA, P P, FEHÉR, O, MAUL, K K, LINTS, T J, TCHERNICHOVSKI, O·2004·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1196/annals.1298.036
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A bstract: Song development provides an opportunity to study the mechanisms of vocal learning dynamically at molecular, cellular and systems levels, and across time scales ranging from minutes to months. To exploit these opportunities one needs to identify appropriate units, types and time scales of vocal change in nearly real time. The previous chapter by Tchernikovski et al. in this volume described techniques that make this research strategy feasible by allowing us to observe the song learning process through a “temporal microscope” with variable degrees of resolution. In this chapter we summarize some of the new observations and raise hypotheses about the learning strategy of the bird. We focus on inferences that can be drawn from behavioral observations to the nature and complexity of the instructive signal that guides the vocal change (error‐signal). We examine two effects: i) the emergence of syllable types and ii) changes in features within a syllable type. We found that different features of the same syllable change during different and sometimes disjointed developmental windows. We discuss the possibility that song imitation is achieved by correcting partial errors, and that features of those partial errors change adaptively during development, perhaps concurrently with changes in perception and in motor proficiency. Those hypotheses can be best examined by across levels investigation, starting from identifying critical moments in song development and recording of articulatory dynamics and neural patterns when only a few features of specific syllables undergo rapid changes. Such investigation could relate behavioral events to brain mechanisms that guide song learning from moment‐to‐moment and across extended periods.

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  • Deterioration of song structure also occurred after daytime sleep induction by melatonin, excluding circadian rhythm confounds.

    “Deterioration of song structure occurred also after induction of sleep during the daytime by the administration of melatonin excluding confounding effects by the circadian rhythm.”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [279]

  • The effects occurred on a background of gradual day-to-day increase in song structure and were not seen in adult birds.

    “The effects occurred on the background of a gradual day-to-day increase in song structure and were not seen in adult birds.”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [279]

  • Derégnaucourt et al. provided compelling evidence that the sensorimotor phase of song development is driven by sleep.

    “Derégnaucourt et al. (279) provided compelling evidence that the sensorimotor phase of song development is driven by sleep.”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [279]

  • In juvenile zebra finches, song structure profoundly deteriorated after nocturnal sleep compared with the evening before sleep, and was regained only after intense morning singing.

    “Monitoring the structure of the song and its syllable features by frequency-based automated song analyses across the whole period of song development in juvenile zebra finches, they revealed that song structure profoundly deteriorated after nocturnal sleep compared with the evening before sleep, and was regained only after intense morning singing (FIGURE 8A).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [279]

  • Young birds showing the greatest morning deterioration in song structure achieved the best final imitation of the tutored song, suggesting a functional role of sleep-related deterioration for overall learning.

    “Interestingly, the young birds showing the greatest morning deterioration in song structure achieved the best final imitation of the tutored song at the end of the 45-day monitoring period, suggesting a functional role of the sleep-related deterioration in singing behavior for the overall learning process.”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [279]

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Authors
DERÉGNAUCOURT, S., MITRA, P. P., FEHÉR, O., MAUL, K. K., LINTS, T. J., & TCHERNICHOVSKI, O.
Affiliations
  • City College of New York (US)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author
DERÉGNAUCOURT, S
ORCID
Venue
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-06
Volume
1016
Issue
1
Pages
364-376
ISSN
  • 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-6632
DOI
10.1196/annals.1298.036
OpenAlex
W1965888514
Cited by
31
References
38
Citations by year
2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3
FWCI
0.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 594 d)
Locations
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Fondation Fyssen
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (DC04722-04, R01DC004722)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
Keywords
song development, vocal learning, error signal, song imitation, song perception, motor competence, songbirds, articulatory dynamics
MeSH terms
Animals, Auditory Perception, Feedback, Learning, Psychomotor Performance, Vocalization, Animal, Songbirds

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