This paper changed my life: Abigail Person on birdsong, feed-forward circuits and convergent computations

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By isolating specific neuron types involved in zebra finch birdsong, this 2002 Nature paper from Michael Fee and colleagues revealed elegant neural mechanisms controlling the timing of natural learned behavior.

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