The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting at the Alley Pond Environmental
Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362 >Map of location<
<http://goo.gl/8cnmjT> at 8:00 pm this Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Free
admission. Refreshments served (including ice cream)
Prof. Ofer Tchernichovski of CUNY Hunter College will present “Birdsong and
Vocal Learning”.
How and when does a Zebra Finch learn to sing? What effects does
hearing a song have on its brain? Which song does a female Zebra Finch prefer?
How does bird song culture change over time? How does sleep affect song
learning? How does the learning of birdsong compare to the learning of speech
in human infants?
These questions and more are examined in Prof. Ofer Tchernichovski’s
Laboratory of Vocal Learning at Hunter College, which studies the animal
behavior and dynamics of vocal learning and sound production across different
brain levels. The lab aims to uncover the specific physiological and molecular
(gene expression) brain processes that underlie song learning.
Prof. Tchernichovski holds a PhD in Zoology from Tel Aviv University, and
is also a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, earned at the Koret Veterinary School
of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Nancy Tognan
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Vice President, Queens County Bird Club
See http://www.qcbirdclub.org <http://www.qcbirdclub.org/> for more
information on trips, speakers, and other events.
See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about many
local birding hotspots
* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}. *
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