Kavli Affiliate: Erich Jarvis | Authors: J. Lomax Boyd, Cesar Vargas and Erich D. Jarvis | Summary: Vocal learning is an essential component of spoken language and critically depends on the cerebral cortex. The evolutionary origins of cortical/pallial control over vocal learning abilities in mammals and songbirds remains largely unknown. For instance, reports conflict on […]
Continue.. Mouse pups lacking a cerebral cortex develop abnormal vocal behavior