Vocal learning in birds and humans
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Wilbrecht, Linda ;Nottebohm, Fernando
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Vocal learning is the modification of vocal output by reference to auditory information. It allows for the imitation and improvisation of sounds that otherwise would not occur. The emergence of this skill may have been a primary step in the evolution of human language, but vocal learning is not uniq