A hit of dopamine tells baby birds when their song practice is paying off

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Mar 25, 2025, 2:22 pm1.5k ptsInterestingTop
In his home office in Durham, Duke neuroscientist Richard Mooney shows a series of images of a bird's brain on song. In one, what looks like a pointillist painting illustrates a young zebra finch's myriad attempts to sound more like an adult, capable of wooing a mate. In another, squiggly lines trace the ebb…

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