文法的な歌をうたうジュウシマツ(右)と単純な歌をうたうコシジロキンパラ (photo by Maki Ikebuchi)
研究課題
言語起源の生物学的基礎に関する理論的研究
トリとヒトにおける文法の神経機構
齧歯類における音と意味の神経機構
主要論文
Soma, M., Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, M., and Okanoya, K.:
"Early ontogenetic effects on song quality in the Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica): laying order, sibling competition and song syntax."
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63, 363-370. (2009).
Abla, D., Katahira, K., and Okanoya, K.:
"Online assessment of statistical learning by event-related potentials."
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 952-964. (2008).
Katahira, K., Abla, D., Masuda, S., and Okanoya, K.:
"Feedback-based error monitoring processes during musical performance: An ERP study."
Neuroscience Research, 61, 120-128. (2008).
Matsunaga, E. and Okanoya, K.:
"Expression analysis of cadherins in the songbird brain: relationship to vocal system development."
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 508, 329-342. (2008).
Nishikawa, J., Okada, M., and Okanoya, K.:
"Population coding of song element sequence in the Bengalese finch HVC."
European Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 3273-3283. (2008).
Okanoya, K., Tokimoto, N., Kumazawa, N., Hihara, S., and Iriki, A.:
"Tool-use training in species of rodent: the emergence of an optimal motor strategy and functional understanding."
PLoS One, 3, e18601-e18608. (2008).
Seki, Y., Suzuki, K., Takahasi, M., and Okanoya, K.:
"Song Motor control organizes acoustic patterns on two levels in Bengalese Wnches (Lonchura striata var. domestica)."
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 194, 533-543. (2008).
Okanoya, K.:
"Language evolution and an emergent property."
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 17, 271-276. (2007).
Katahira, K., Okanoya, K., and Okada, M.:
"A neural network model for generating complex birdsong syntax."
Biological Cybernetics, 97, 441-448. (2007).
Okanoya, K.:
"Song syntax in Bengalese finches: proximate and ultimate analyses."
Advance in the Study of Behaviour, 34, 297-346. (2004).