Professor Dooling, Dean Ball, and Collaborators Shed Light on Birdsong and Bird Hearing

In a new article in ResearchOutreach.org, Professor Bob Dooling of the Department of Psychology and collaborators including Dean Greg Ball find that, for zebra finches at least, the subtle nuances in sound texture or timbre are more important than the sequence of repeated sounds.

This is surprising to us as humans, since the sequence of sounds that make up words and sentences is crucial in our communication. The team’s research suggests new avenues of investigation in using zebra finches as animal models for the processing of sounds and sequences.

Image courtesy of ResearchOutreach.org.

Published on Wed, Oct 28, 2020 - 1:19PM