NEURAL BASIS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING

这项研究计划旨在检查神经解剖学 鹦鹉的声音学习的基础作为一个模型， 研究先天的， 体质因素与后天经验学习 发展 先前的研究结果表明， 花费在先天因素和经验学习上， 因为获得正常的声乐曲目需要 出生后暴露于适当的外部模型 发展 神经解剖学实验被提议进一步 研究感觉反馈影响声音的途径 运动中心以及发声运动中心的通路 可以提示感官系统 行为实验使用 声音可塑性的多维尺度和评估将 精确定位这些解剖通路的作用， 通过评估以下因素的影响来塑造习得的声音反应 在出生后的不同时间点， 发展

This research program aims to examine the neuroanatomical foundations of vocal learning in budgerigars as a model for studying the neural basis of interactions between innate, constitutional factors and experiential learning during postnatal development. Previous results have shown that vocal learning spends upon both innate factors and experiential learning in this species since the acquisition of a normal vocal repertoire requires exposure to an appropriate external model during postnatal development. Neuroanatomical experiments are proposed to further study the pathways by which sensory feedback can influence vocal motor centers as well as the pathways by which vocal motor centers can cue the sensory systems. Behavioral experiments using multidimensional scaling and assessment of vocal plasticity will pinpoint the role of these anatomical pathways in guiding and shaping learned vocal responses by evaluating the effects of lesions in these pathways at different points during postnatal development.