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What’s in a Moment: What Can Be Learned About Pair Bonding From Studying Moment-To-Moment Behavioral Synchrony Between Partners? by Prior, Nora H.

“…Our understanding of the behavioral and physiological mechanisms of monogamy largely comes from studies of behavioral interactions unique to pair-bonded…”
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Discrimination of natural acoustic variation in vocal signals by Fishbein, Adam R., Prior, Nora H., Brown, Jane A., Ball, Gregory F., Dooling, Robert J.

“…Studies of acoustic communication often focus on the categories and units of vocalizations, but subtle variation also occurs in how these signals are uttered…”
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Fasting Increases Aggression and Differentially Modulates Local And Systemic Steroid Levels in Male Zebra Finches by Fokidis, H. Bobby, Prior, Nora H, Soma, Kiran K

“…Aggression enables individuals to obtain and retain limited resources. Studies of the neuroendocrine regulation of aggression have focused on territorial and…”
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Steroid concentrations in plasma, whole blood and brain: effects of saline perfusion to remove blood contamination from brain by Taves, Matthew D, Schmidt, Kim L, Ruhr, Ilan M, Kapusta, Katarzyna, Prior, Nora H, Soma, Kiran K

“…The brain and other organs locally synthesize steroids. Local synthesis is suggested when steroid levels are higher in tissue than in the circulation. However,…”
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The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong by Rose, Evangeline M., Prior, Nora H., Ball, Gregory F.

“…ABSTRACT Birdsong has been the subject of broad research from a variety of sub‐disciplines and has taught us much about the evolution, function, and mechanisms…”
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Special Issue: Highlights of SBN 2022 by Madison, Farrah N., Prior, Nora H., Trainor, Brian C.

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Do we hear what birds hear in birdsong? by Dooling, Robert J., Prior, Nora H.

“…Peter Marler's fascination with richness of birdsong included the notion that birds attended to some acoustic features of birdsong, likely in the time domain,…”
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Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social‐sensory framework of social behavior by Prior, Nora H., Bentz, Ehren J., Ophir, Alexander G.

“…Organisms filter the complexity of natural stimuli through their individual sensory and perceptual systems. Such perceptual filtering is particularly important…”
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Varied impacts of social relationships on neuroendocrine state by Prior, Nora H., Haakenson, Chelsea M., Clough, Savannah, Ball, Gregory F., Sandkam, Benjamin A.

“…Social relationships, affiliative social attachments, are important for many species. The best studied types of relationships are monogamous pair bonds…”
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Familiarity Enhances Moment-to-Moment Behavioral Coordination in Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Dyads by Prior, Nora H., Smith, Edward, Dooling, Robert J., Ball, Gregory F.

“…An individual's ability to respond to and align with the behavior of others is a fundamental component of social behavior. Zebra finches form lifelong…”
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Neuroendocrine regulation of long-term pair maintenance in the monogamous zebra finch by Prior, Nora H., Soma, Kiran K.

“…This article is part of a Special Issue “SBN 2014”. Understanding affiliative behavior is critical to understanding social organisms. While affiliative…”
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Acoustic fine structure may encode biologically relevant information for zebra finches by Prior, Nora H., Smith, Edward, Lawson, Shelby, Ball, Gregory F., Dooling, Robert J.

“…The ability to discriminate changes in the fine structure of complex sounds is well developed in birds. However, the precise limit of this discrimination…”
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Neuropeptide Y and orexin immunoreactivity in the sparrow brain coincide with seasonal changes in energy balance and steroids by Fokidis, H. Bobby, Ma, Chunqi, Radin, Benjamin, Prior, Nora H., Adomat, Hans H., Guns, Emma S., Soma, Kiran K.

“…The transition between the breeding and nonbreeding states is often marked by a shift in energy balance. Despite this well‐known shift in energy balance,…”
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Rapid and Widespread Effects of 17β-Estradiol on Intracellular Signaling in the Male Songbird Brain: A Seasonal Comparison by Heimovics, Sarah A, Prior, Nora H, Maddison, Chris J, Soma, Kiran K

“…Across vertebrate species, 17β-estradiol (E2) acts on the brain via both genomic and nongenomic mechanisms to influence neuronal physiology and behavior…”
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Personality in the wild zebra finch: exploration, sociality, and reproduction by McCowan, Luke S.C., Mainwaring, Mark C., Prior, Nora H., Griffith, Simon C.

“…Lay Summary Although research has shown that animals have distinct personalities, much of this work has been conducted on animals studied in captivity. We…”
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Relative salience of syllable structure and syllable order in zebra finch song by Lawson, Shelby L., Fishbein, Adam R., Prior, Nora H., Ball, Gregory F., Dooling, Robert J.

“…There is a rich history of behavioral and neurobiological research focused on the ‘syntax’ of birdsong as a model for human language and complex auditory…”
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Effects of water restriction on reproductive physiology and affiliative behavior in an opportunistically-breeding and monogamous songbird, the zebra finch by Prior, Nora H., Heimovics, Sarah A., Soma, Kiran K.

“…Wild zebra finches form long-term monogamous pair-bonds that are actively maintained year-round, even when not in breeding condition. These desert finches are…”
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Rapid Effects of Sex Steroids on Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Pair Maintenance by Prior, Nora H, Fernandez, Marie S. A, Soula, Hédi A, Vignal, Clémentine

“…Although steroids are widely known to affect behavior through activation of nuclear/cytosolic receptors ("genomic" effects), steroids can also rapidly affect…”
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Context-dependent effects of testosterone treatment to males on pair maintenance behaviour in zebra finches by Prior, Nora H., Yap, Kang Nian, Liu, Tian Qi D., Vignal, Clementine, Soma, Kiran K.

“…Monogamous pair bonds can be transient or long-lasting, which varies across species. The neuroendocrine mechanisms regulating pair maintenance behaviours are…”
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Acute and chronic effects of an aromatase inhibitor on pair-maintenance behavior of water-restricted zebra finch pairs by Prior, Nora H, Yap, Kang Nian, Soma, Kiran K

“…Highlights • Acute oral fadrozole decreases brain and plasma estradiol levels in male zebra finches. • Acute oral fadrozole increases brain and plasma…”
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