Dopamine plays key role in songbird mating

Published: 23 November 2021

In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning. A recent study from McGill University, published in Current Biology, suggests...

New algorithm reveals birdsong features that may be key for courtship

Published: 22 April 2021

Researchers from McGill 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...

Lost in translation: To the untrained zebra finch ear, jazzy courtship songs fall flat

Published: 10 July 2017

Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don’t 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...

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