Erich Jarvis (Duke University/HHMI) discusses evolutionary origins of the vocal motor learning pathway in songbirds, his new work on vocal communication in a new mammalian species, and his spearheading of the Avian Brain Nomenclature forum as an unprecedented consensus building effort that shaped a decade of avian brain research.

Duration: 55 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Carlos Paladini (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.