Kazuo Okanoya

Publications

• Statistical Mechanics of Reward-Modulated Learning in Decision-Making Networks
  Neural Computation. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22295982
• Birdsong Neurolinguistics: Songbird Context-free Grammar Claim is Premature
  Neuroreport. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22240730
• Convergent Differential Regulation of Parvalbumin in the Brains of Vocal Learners
  PloS One. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22238614
• Segmentation of Expiratory and Inspiratory Sounds in Baby Cry Audio Recordings Using Hidden Markov Models
  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22087925
• Decision-making Based on Emotional Images
  Frontiers in Psychology. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22059086
• Comparative Analysis of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Expression Among Vocal Learners (Bengalese Finch and Budgerigar) and Non-vocal Learners (quail and Ring Dove) Has Implications for the Evolution of Avian Vocal Learning
  Development, Growth & Differentiation. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22010640
• Sequential Learning and Rule Abstraction in Bengalese Finches
  Animal Cognition. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21952988
• Dynamic Expression of Cadherins Regulates Vocal Development in a Songbird
  PloS One. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21949888
• A Direct Neuronal Connection Between the Telencephalic Nucleus Robustus Arcopallialis and the Nucleus Nervi Hypoglossi, Pars Tracheosyringealis in Bengalese Finches (Lonchura Striata Var. Domestica)
  Neuroscience Research. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21945522
• Complex Sequencing Rules of Birdsong Can Be Explained by Simple Hidden Markov Processes
  PloS One. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21915345
• On-line Statistical Segmentation of a Non-speech Auditory Stream in Neonates As Demonstrated by Event-related Brain Potentials
  Developmental Science. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21884325
• Categorical and Dimensional Perceptions in Decoding Emotional Facial Expressions
  Cognition & Emotion. Aug, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21824015
• Statistical Mechanics of Structural and Temporal Credit Assignment Effects on Learning in Neural Networks
  Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. May, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21728508
• Type-II Cadherins Modulate Neural Activity in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons
  Neuroreport. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21709592
• Cooperation of Deterministic Dynamics and Random Noise in Production of Complex Syntactical Avian Song Sequences: a Neural Network Model
  Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21559065
• Comparative Gene Expression Analysis Among Vocal Learners (bengalese Finch and Budgerigar) and Non-learners (quail and Ring Dove) Reveals Variable Cadherin Expressions in the Vocal System
  Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21541260
• Expression Pattern of Cadherins in the Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus Glaber) Suggests Innate Cortical Diversification of the Cerebrum
  The Journal of Comparative Neurology. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21452207
• Cross Fostering Experiments Suggest That Mice Songs Are Innate
  PloS One. 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21408017
• Songs to Syntax: the Linguistics of Birdsong
  Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21296608
• Hippocampus Lesions Induced Deficits in Social and Spatial Recognition in Octodon Degus
  Behavioural Brain Research. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21291914
• Node Perturbation Learning Without Noiseless Baseline
  Neural Networks : the Official Journal of the International Neural Network Society. Apr, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21193286
• Evaluation of Pax6 Mutant Rat As a Model for Autism
  PloS One. 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21203536
• Twitter Evolution: Converging Mechanisms in Birdsong and Human Speech
  Nature Reviews. Neuroscience. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20959859
• Molecular Characterization of the Song Control Nucleus HVC in Bengalese Finch Brain
  Brain Research. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20846513
• Music Playing and Memory Trace: Evidence from Event-related Potentials
  Neuroscience Research. Aug, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20403394
• Song Memory in Female Birds: Neuronal Activation Suggests Phonological Coding
  Neuroreport. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20354460
• Extracting State Transition Dynamics from Multiple Spike Trains Using Hidden Markov Models with Correlated Poisson Distribution
  Neural Computation. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20337539
• Identification of Gonadotropin-inhibitory Hormone in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia Guttata): Peptide Isolation, CDNA Cloning and Brain Distribution
  Peptides. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20138947
• Potential Role of Monkey Inferior Parietal Neurons Coding Action Semantic Equivalences As Precursors of Parts of Speech
  Social Neuroscience. Feb, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20119879
• Perceptual Chunking in the Self-produced Songs of Bengalese Finches (Lonchura Striata Var. Domestica)
  Animal Cognition. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20039089
• Optimal Node Perturbation in Linear Perceptrons with Uncertain Eligibility Trace
  Neural Networks : the Official Journal of the International Neural Network Society. Mar, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20005670
• Visual Statistical Learning of Shape Sequences: an ERP Study
  Neuroscience Research. Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19428699
• Evolution and Diversity in Avian Vocal System: an Evo-Devo Model from the Morphological and Behavioral Perspectives
  Development, Growth & Differentiation. Apr, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19222524
• Vocal Control Area-related Expression of Neuropilin-1, Plexin-A4, and the Ligand Semaphorin-3A Has Implications for the Evolution of the Avian Vocal System
  Development, Growth & Differentiation. Jan, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19128404
• Population Coding of Song Element Sequence in the Bengalese Finch HVC
  The European Journal of Neuroscience. Jun, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18598266
• Statistical Segmentation of Tone Sequences Activates the Left Inferior Frontal Cortex: a Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study
  Neuropsychologia. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18579166
• Developmental Learning of Complex Syntactical Song in the Bengalese Finch: a Neural Network Model
  Neural Networks : the Official Journal of the International Neural Network Society. Nov, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18460417
• Vocal Area-related Expression of the Androgen Receptor in the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus Undulatus) Brain
  Brain Research. May, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18394591
• Functional Evidence for Internal Feedback in the Songbird Brain Nucleus HVC
  Neuroreport. Apr, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18382286
• Tool-use Training in a Species of Rodent: the Emergence of an Optimal Motor Strategy and Functional Understanding
  PloS One. 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18365015
• Feedback-based Error Monitoring Processes During Musical Performance: an ERP Study
  Neuroscience Research. May, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18359117
• Comparative Analysis of Gene Expressions Among Avian Brains: a Molecular Approach to the Evolution of Vocal Learning
  Brain Research Bulletin. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18331917
• Expression Analysis of Cadherins in the Songbird Brain: Relationship to Vocal System Development
  The Journal of Comparative Neurology. May, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18322922
• Sex Differences in Audiovisual Discrimination Learning by Bengalese Finches (Lonchura Striata Var. Domestica)
  Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). Feb, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18298278
• On-line Assessment of Statistical Learning by Event-related Potentials
  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Jun, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18211232
• A Neural Network Model for Generating Complex Birdsong Syntax
  Biological Cybernetics. Dec, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17965875
• Prefrontal Activity During Koh-do Incense Discrimination
  Neuroscience Research. Nov, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17720267
• Language Evolution and an Emergent Property
  Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Apr, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17387008
• Sex Differences in the Telencephalic Song Control Circuitry in Bengalese Finches (Lonchura Striata Var. Domestica)
  Zoological Science. Oct, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16286720
• Spatiotemporal Properties of Visual Stimuli for Song Induction in Bengalese Finches
  Neuroreport. Aug, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16056136
• The Bengalese Finch: a Window on the Behavioral Neurobiology of Birdsong Syntax
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Jun, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15313802
• Neural Correlates of Song Complexity in Bengalese Finch High Vocal Center
  Neuroreport. Jun, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15167566
• Song Syntax Changes in Bengalese Finches Singing in a Helium Atmosphere
  Neuroreport. Sep, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14512846
• Spontaneous Vocal Differentiation of Coo-calls for Tools and Food in Japanese Monkeys
  Neuroscience Research. Apr, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12657451
• Context-dependent Song Amplitude Control in Bengalese Finches
  Neuroreport. Mar, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12634516
• Localization of the Cytochrome P450 Side-chain Cleavage Enzyme in the Inactive Testis of the Naked Mole-rat
  Zoological Science. Jun, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12130795