Neuroethology investigates nervous system function by relating it to innate and learned natural behaviors. It is distinguished from traditional neurobiology and psychology by being fundamentally centered in evolutionary biology, and by examining behavioral specialization across the breadth of the animal kingdom. We study multiple facets of birdsong learning, from cellular to behavioral levels of analysis, taking the neuroethological perspective.
Washington University
St. Louis
Postdoc - Bat auditory cortex
1986California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Ph.D. - Engineerg Science and Neurobiology; Birdsong electrophysiology
1983California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
M.Sc. - BioInformation Systems
1981California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
B.Sc. - Biology
1975Bursts from the past: Intrinsic properties link a network model to zebra finch song.
Bursts from the past: Intrinsic properties link a network model to zebra finch song. bioRxiv. 2024 May 19.
PMID: 38798332Rhythmically bursting songbird vocomotor neurons are organized into multiple sequences, suggesting a network/intrinsic properties model encoding song and error, not time.
Rhythmically bursting songbird vocomotor neurons are organized into multiple sequences, suggesting a network/intrinsic properties model encoding song and error, not time. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 23.
PMID: 36747673Intrinsic plasticity and birdsong learning.
Intrinsic plasticity and birdsong learning. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2021 04; 180:107407.
PMID: 33631346Budgerigars have complex sleep structure similar to that of mammals.
Budgerigars have complex sleep structure similar to that of mammals. PLoS Biol. 2020 11; 18(11):e3000929.
PMID: 33201883Rhythm: Similar Structure in Birdsong and Music Gives Neuroethological Insight.
Rhythm: Similar Structure in Birdsong and Music Gives Neuroethological Insight. Curr Biol. 2020 09 21; 30(18):R1056-R1058.
PMID: 32961164Intrinsic neuronal properties represent song and error in zebra finch vocal learning.
Intrinsic neuronal properties represent song and error in zebra finch vocal learning. Nat Commun. 2020 02 19; 11(1):952.
PMID: 32075972Sleep-dependent reconsolidation after memory destabilization in starlings.
Sleep-dependent reconsolidation after memory destabilization in starlings. Nat Commun. 2018 08 06; 9(1):3093.
PMID: 30082791Differential development of retroactive and proactive interference during post-learning wakefulness.
Differential development of retroactive and proactive interference during post-learning wakefulness. Learn Mem. 2018 07; 25(7):325-329.
PMID: 29907640Response to "Comment on 'A unifying view of synchronization for data assimilation in complex nonlinear networks'" [Chaos 28, 028101 (2018)].
Response to "Comment on 'A unifying view of synchronization for data assimilation in complex nonlinear networks'" [Chaos 28, 028101 (2018)]. Chaos. 2018 02; 28(2):028102.
PMID: 29495669A unifying view of synchronization for data assimilation in complex nonlinear networks.
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A unifying view of synchronization for data assimilation in complex nonlinear networks. Chaos. 2017 Dec; 27(12):126802.
PMID: 29289057