Many complex behaviors exhibited by social species are first learned by imitating the behavior of other more experienced individuals. Speech and language are the most widely appreciated behaviors learned in this way. Vocal imitation in songbirds is perhaps the best studied socially transmitted behavior, and research over the past few years has begun to crack the circuit mechanisms for how songbirds learn from vocal models. Studies in zebra finches are revealing an unexpected and essential role for premotor cortical circuits in forming the behavioral-goal memories used to guide song imitation, challenging the view that song memories used for imitation are stored in auditory circuits. Here, we provide a summary of this recent progress focusing on the What, Where, and How of tutor song memory, and propose a circuit hypothesis for song learning based on these recent findings.

中文翻译：

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用于语音模仿的存储电路。

首先通过模仿其他更有经验的人的行为来学习社会物种表现出的许多复杂行为。语音和语言是通过这种方式获得的最广泛赞赏的行为。鸣禽中的人声模仿也许是对社会传播行为进行的最佳研究，并且过去几年的研究已经开始破解鸣禽如何从声音模型中学习的电路机制。斑马雀的研究表明，运动前皮层回路在形成用于指导歌曲模仿的行为目标记忆时，出乎意料且必不可少的作用，挑战了用于模仿的歌曲记忆存储在听觉回路中的观点。在这里，我们总结了最近的进展，重点是辅导者歌曲记忆的内容，位置和方式，