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Locating an error correction signal for adult birdsong

A recent report in Nature suggests that the stability of adult birdsong is maintained by error correction via an auditory feedback pathway involved in juvenile song learning.

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Figure 1: Model of the flow of auditory information through the song system (adapted from ref. 7).

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Carr, C. Locating an error correction signal for adult birdsong. Nat Neurosci 3, 419–421 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/74780

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