There are enduring American touchstones that took root in our childhood and continue on as we get older and become fathers and mothers and grandparents: taking off our caps during our national anthem, singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the 7th inning stretch, and placing the right hand over our heart for the Pledge of Allegiance.
However, these responses were significantly slower and exhibited longer latency than during singing (p<0.001, Figure 8B,D,E, only one neuron responded significantly within 150 ms of noise onset).
(D ) Firing rates of AIV neurons during singing vs non-singing (antidromically identified neurons, hollow circles; non-identified AIV neurons, filled circles).
To mimic the auditory input during disruptive auditory feedback during singing, we constructed 'BOS with noise' stimulus in which noise bursts were added to a single syllable within each repetition of the motif.
Our results may demonstrate that risk taking during singing correlates with risk taking during aggression and with exploration, thus personality may be manifested in different contexts involving sexual advertisement.
Muller, V. & Lindenberger, U. Cardiac and respiratory patterns synchronize between persons during choir singing.
In addition, the pitch of k'tuc elements was negatively correlated to body size during reactive singing.
This study supports a model in which VTA dopaminergic neurons are more strongly activated during singing used for courtship than during non-courtship singing, and thus can provide social context-dependent modulation to forebrain areas.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01833.012 Our findings indicate that HVCX cells are insensitive to auditory feedback perturbation during singing, raising the possibility that they primarily encode motor-related information.
Reviewer #1: In this manuscript the authors perform a careful electrophysiological analysis of subthreshold activity in HCVX neurons using sharp electrode recordings of the awake unrestrained songbird during singing to assess the role of auditory feedback during singing in these neurons.
Assessment of breathing patterns and respiratory muscle recruitment during singing and speech in quadriplegia.
