University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093, United States.
Brain Lang. 2010 Oct;115(1):59-68. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2009.09.008. Epub 2010 May 14.
Songbirds share a number of parallels with humans that make them an attractive model system for studying the behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie the learning and processing of vocal communication signals. Here we review the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of audition in birds, and emphasize the behavioral and neural basis of song recognition. Where appropriate, we point out a number of intersections with human vocal communication behavior that suggest common mechanisms amenable to further study, and limitations of birdsong as a model for human language.
鸣禽与人类有许多相似之处，使它们成为研究行为和神经生物学机制的理想模型系统，这些机制是言语交际信号学习和处理的基础。在这里，我们回顾了鸟类听觉的感知和认知机制，并强调了歌曲识别的行为和神经基础。在适当的情况下，我们指出了与人类言语交际行为的一些交叉点，这些交叉点表明了共同的机制，这些机制适合进一步研究，并指出了鸟鸣作为人类语言模型的局限性。
