Heather Williams, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States 
Area:
birdsong

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2023 Ward ZB, Upton CT, Iyer M, Williams H. Physiological constraints and cognitive chunking: Sequence organization in the songs of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). PMID 37561494 DOI: 10.1037/com0000357  0.31
2019 Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Newman AE, Williams H, Moran IG, Thomas IP, Woodworth BK, Bornais MM, Norris DR. Eavesdropping on adult vocal interactions does not enhance juvenile song learning: an experiment with wild songbirds Animal Behaviour. 155: 67-75. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2019.05.019  0.442
2019 Ciaburri I, Williams H. Context-dependent variation of house finch song syntax Animal Behaviour. 147: 33-42. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2018.11.001  0.396
2019 Williams H, Robins CW, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Freeman-Gallant CR, Wheelwright NT, Mennill DJ. The buzz segment of Savannah sparrow song is a population marker Journal of Ornithology. 160: 217-227. DOI: 10.1007/S10336-018-1611-7  0.356
2018 Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Newman AEM, Williams H, Moran IG, Thomas IP, Woodworth BK, Norris DR. Wild Birds Learn Songs from Experimental Vocal Tutors. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 30293720 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2018.08.011  0.454
2013 Williams H, Levin II, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Wheelwright NT. Three decades of cultural evolution in Savannah sparrow songs Animal Behaviour. 85: 213-223. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2012.10.028  0.369
2008 Wheelwright NT, Swett MB, Levin II, Kroodsma DE, Freeman-Gallant CR, Williams H. The influence of different tutor types on song learning in a natural bird population Animal Behaviour. 75: 1479-1493. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2007.08.030  0.445
2006 Wilbrecht L, Williams H, Gangadhar N, Nottebohm F. High levels of new neuron addition persist when the sensitive period for song learning is experimentally prolonged. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 26: 9135-41. PMID 16957070 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.4869-05.2006  0.723
2004 Williams H. Birdsong and singing behavior. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1016: 1-30. PMID 15313767 DOI: 10.1196/Annals.1298.029  0.466
2003 Williams H, Connor DM, Hill JW. Testosterone decreases the potential for song plasticity in adult male zebra finches. Hormones and Behavior. 44: 402-12. PMID 14644634 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2003.06.005  0.424
1999 Williams H, Mehta N. Changes in adult zebra finch song require a forebrain nucleus that is not necessary for song production Journal of Neurobiology. 39: 14-28. PMID 10213450 DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-4695(199904)39:1<14::Aid-Neu2>3.0.Co;2-X  0.42
1993 Williams H, Vicario DS. Temporal patterning of song production: participation of nucleus uvaeformis of the thalamus. Journal of Neurobiology. 24: 903-12. PMID 8228968 DOI: 10.1002/Neu.480240704  0.711
1993 Williams H, Kilander K, Sotanski ML. Untutored song, reproductive success and song learning Animal Behaviour. 45: 695-705. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1993.1084  0.386
1992 Cynx J, Williams H, Nottebohm F. Hemispheric differences in avian song discrimination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89: 1372-5. PMID 1741391 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.89.4.1372  0.72
1992 Williams H, McKibben JR. Changes in stereotyped central motor patterns controlling vocalization are induced by peripheral nerve injury Behavioral and Neural Biology. 57: 67-78. PMID 1567335 DOI: 10.1016/0163-1047(92)90768-Y  0.385
1992 Williams H, Crane LA, Hale TK, Esposito MA, Nottebohm F. Right-side dominance for song control in the zebra finch. Journal of Neurobiology. 23: 1006-20. PMID 1460461 DOI: 10.1002/Neu.480230807  0.616
1992 Williams H, Staples K. Syllable chunking in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). 106: 278-286. PMID 1395497 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.106.3.278  0.461
1990 Cynx J, Williams H, Nottebohm F. Timbre discrimination in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables. Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). 104: 303-8. PMID 2282781 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.104.4.303  0.728
1990 Nottebohm F, Alvarez-Buylla A, Cynx J, Kirn J, Ling CY, Nottebohm M, Suter R, Tolles A, Williams H. Song learning in birds: the relation between perception and production. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 329: 115-24. PMID 1978358 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.1990.0156  0.659
1990 Williams H. Models for song learning in the zebra finch: fathers or others? Animal Behaviour. 39: 745-757. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80386-0  0.422
1989 Williams H, Cynx J, Nottebohm F. Timbre control in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables. Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). 103: 366-80. PMID 2598623 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.103.4.366  0.725
1989 Williams H. Multiple representations and auditory-motor interactions in the avian song system Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 563: 148-164. DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1989.Tb42196.X  0.322
1987 Nottebohm F, Williams H, McEachron DL, Gallistel CR, Hand PJ, Roy John E, Tang Y, Brill AB, Young R, Ono K. Do 15 million cat neurons mediate the memory of a circle and a star? Science. 238: 1586-1588. PMID 3685997 DOI: 10.1126/Science.3685997  0.517
1985 Williams H. Sexual dimorphism of auditory activity in the zebra finch song system Behavioral and Neural Biology. 44: 470-484. PMID 4084190 DOI: 10.1016/S0163-1047(85)90904-5  0.422
1985 Williams H, Nottebohm F. Auditory responses in avian vocal motor neurons: a motor theory for song perception in birds. Science (New York, N.Y.). 229: 279-82. PMID 4012321 DOI: 10.1126/Science.4012321  0.6
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