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An Adapting Auditory-motor Feedback Loop Can Contribute to Generating Vocal Repetition.
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- Partially Observable Markov Models Inferred Using Statistical Tests Reveal Context-Dependent Syllable Transitions in Bengalese Finch Songs.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Visually-guided compensation of deafening-induced song deterioration.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Goal-directed and flexible modulation of syllable sequence within birdsong.Nature communications · 2024Article
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- Reversible inhibition of the basal ganglia prolongs repetitive vocalization but only weakly affects sequencing at branch points in songbirds.Cerebral cortex communications · 2023Article
- Arousal elevation drives the development of oscillatory vocal output.Journal of neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Hidden neural states underlie canary song syntax.Nature · 2020Article
- Manipulations of inhibition in cortical circuitry differentially affect spectral and temporal features of Bengalese finch song.Journal of neurophysiology · 2020Article
- Sensory feedback independent pre-song vocalizations correlate with time to song initiation.The Journal of experimental biology · 2019Article
- Timing during transitions in Bengalese finch song: implications for motor sequencing.Journal of neurophysiology · 2017Article
- Temperature Manipulation in Songbird Brain Implicates the Premotor Nucleus HVC in Birdsong Syntax.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
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Abstract
Consecutive repetition of actions is common in behavioral sequences. Although integration of sensory feedback with internal motor programs is important for sequence generation, if and how feedback contributes to repetitive actions is poorly understood. Here we study how auditory feedback contributes to generating repetitive syllable sequences in songbirds. We propose that auditory signals provide positive feedback to ongoing motor commands, but this influence decays as feedback weakens from response adaptation during syllable repetitions. Computational models show that this mechanism explains repeat distributions observed in Bengalese finch song. We experimentally confirmed two predictions of this mechanism in Bengalese finches: removal of auditory feedback by deafening reduces syllable repetitions; and neural responses to auditory playback of repeated syllable sequences gradually adapt in sensory-motor nucleus HVC. Together, our results implicate a positive auditory-feedback loop with adaptation in generating repetitive vocalizations, and suggest sensory adaptation is important for feedback control of motor sequences.
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