Simple Motor Gestures for Birdsongs

Overview

Journal Phys Rev Lett

Publisher American Physical Society

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2001 Nov 3

PMID 11690514

Citations 33

Authors

T Gardner

G Cecchi

M Magnasco

R Laje

G B Mindlin

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Abstract

We present a model of sound production in a songbird's vocal organ and find that much of the complexity of the song of the canary (Serinus canaria) can be produced from simple time variations in forcing functions. The starts, stops, and pauses between syllables, as well as variation in pitch and timbre are inherent in the mechanics and can often be expressed through smooth and simple variations in the frequency and relative phase of two driving parameters

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