@article{LCNL:84,
	author={Jason D. Zevin and Mark S. Seidenberg and Sarah W. Bottjer},
	year={2004},
	month={06},
	title={Limits on reacquisition of song in adult zebra finches exposed to white noise.},
	journal={Journal of Neuroscience},
	volume={24},
	pages={5849-5862},
	abstract={Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) learn a specific song pattern during a sensitive period of development, after which song changes littleor not at all. However, recent studies have demonstrated substantial behavioral plasticity in song behavior during adulthood under arange of conditions. The current experiment examined song behavior of adult zebra finches temporarily deprived of auditory feedback bychronic exposure to loud white noise (WN). Long-term exposure to continuousWNresulted in disruption of song similar to that observedafter deafening. When auditory feedback was restored by discontinuing WN, birds were either tutored using tape-recorded playback orhoused with adult conspecific tutors.Noevidence of learning new tutor syllables was observed, and recovery of pre-WN song patterns wasvery limited after restoration of hearing. However, many birds did reacquire some aspects of their pretreatment song, suggesting an adultform of learning thatmayretain some of the initial aspects of sensorimotor acquisition of song in which vocalizations are shaped to matcha stored template representation. The failure to learn novel song elements and the modest degree of recovery observed overall suggest alimit on plasticity in adult birds that have acquired species-typical song patterns and may reflect an important species difference betweenzebra finches and Bengalese finches.},
	language={English},
	keywords={sensitive period; behavioral plasticity; songbirds; vocalization; auditory learning; song learning},
	URL={http://lcnl.wisc.edu/publications/archive/84.pdf},
}