/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9445/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-algorithm-reveals-birdsong-features-may-be-key-courtship-330572 <p>Researchers from 黑料不打烊 University and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a new algorithm capable of identifying features of male zebra finch songs that may underlie the distinction between a short phrase sung during courtship, and the same phrase sung in a non-courtship context.</p> Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:44:10 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 260932 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/lost-translation-untrained-zebra-finch-ear-jazzy-courtship-songs-fall-flat-268897 <p>Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don鈥檛 react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do, hinting that the environment in which the birds are raised can have a determining effect on their behaviour.</p> <p>The finding, published in the <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B</em> by 黑料不打烊 researchers, highlights how learning and experience, including developmental auditory experience, can shape how the brain perceives vocal signals.</p> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:06:30 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 32057 at /newsroom