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. 2021 Jun:68:84-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2021.01.004. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Learning in the time of COVID: insights from the zebra finch - a social vocal-learner

Elizabeth K Cooke  1 , Stephanie A White  2
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Learning in the time of COVID: insights from the zebra finch - a social vocal-learner

Elizabeth K Cooke et al. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2021 Jun.
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Figure 1.
Development critical periods for birdsong and speech. Timelines depict critical periods for zebra finch song development (top; days) and human language milestone (bottom; months). In birds, the critical period for sensory acquisition is transiently extended by social deprivation (dotted blue line). Similarly, that for sensorimotor learning can also be experimentally extended (not shown; Funabiki & Konishi, 2003).
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