LONDON LAB
Updated 28 days ago
Learned behavior requires established yet flexible neural circuitry, receptivity to acute experience, and mechanisms to stably encode those experiences so they can influence future action. We investigate how the interplay between genes and experience alter the developmental organization of a neural circuit required for a complex learned behavior, birdsong. Specifically, we aim to identify the neural mechanisms that promote and limit a young bird's ability to learn song during the natural critical period for song acquisition.