Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids.

Autor: Liao DA; Animal Physiology, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. Electronic address: diana.a.liao@gmail.com., Moll FW; Animal Physiology, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany., Nieder A; Animal Physiology, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. Electronic address: andreas.nieder@uni-tuebingen.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current opinion in neurobiology [Curr Opin Neurobiol] 2025 Jan 03; Vol. 90, pp. 102965. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jan 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2024.102965
Abstrakt: Corvids, readily adaptable across social and ecological contexts, successfully inhabit almost the entire world. They are seen as highly intelligent birds, and current research examines their cognitive abilities. Despite being songbirds with a complete 'song system', corvids have historically received less attention in studies of song production, learning, and perception compared to non-corvid songbirds. However, recent neurobiological studies have demonstrated that songbird vocal production and its neuronal representations are regularly influenced by environmental and cognitive factors. This opinion article discusses the literature on 'corvid song' before introducing other flexible vocal behaviors of corvids in both the wild and controlled laboratory studies. We suggest corvids with their flexible vocal control as promising model species to study the links between brain networks for cognition and vocalization. Studying corvid vocal flexibility and associated cognitive processes in both ecological and lab settings offers complementary insights, crucial for bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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