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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014

Auditory-vocal mirroring in songbirds.

Richard Mooney

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. From Neurons to Social Beings: Short Review of the Mirror Neuron System Research and Its Socio-Psychological and Psychiatric Implications.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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  20. A Comprehensive Account of Sound Sequence Imitation in the Songbird.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard MooneyDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, , PO Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Duke University · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF AVIAN SONG LEARNINGR01DC002524 · NIDCD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MOONEY, RICHARD D · 1995 to 2014
$4.1M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mirror neurons are theorized to serve as a neural substrate for spoken language in humans, but the existence and functions of auditory-vocal mirror neurons in the human brain remain largely matters of speculation. Songbirds resemble humans in their capacity for vocal learning and depend on their learned songs to facilitate courtship and individual recognition. Recent neurophysiological studies have detected putative auditory-vocal mirror neurons in a sensorimotor region of the songbird's brain that plays an important role in expressive and receptive aspects of vocal communication. This review discusses the auditory and motor-related properties of these cells, considers their potential role on song learning and communication in relation to classical studies of birdsong, and points to the circuit and developmental mechanisms that may give rise to auditory-vocal mirroring in the songbird's brain.

Indexed as

Models, NeurologicalAnimalsAuditory PerceptionLearningMirror NeuronsSensorimotor CortexSongbirdsVocalization, Animalauditorybirdsongcommunicationlearningmirror neuronvocal

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PMID24778375
PMCPMC4006181
OpenAlexW2116756421

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