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The basal ganglia within a cognitive system in birds and mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2014

Christopher I. Petkov  and
Erich D. Jarvis
Christopher I. Petkov
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom. chris.petkov@ncl.ac.uk http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/chris.petkov Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
Erich D. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710. jarvis@neuro.duke.edu http://www.jarvislab.net/
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Abstract

The primate basal ganglia are fundamental to Ackermann et al.'s proposal. However, primates and rodents are models for human cognitive functions involving basal ganglia circuits, and links between striatal function and vocal communication come from songbirds. We suggest that the proposal is better integrated in cognitive and/or motor theories on spoken language origins and with more analogous nonhuman animal models.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , December 2014 , pp. 568 - 569
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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