Chance, long tails, and inference in a non-Gaussian, Bayesian theory of vocal learning in songbirds [Neuroscience]

Traditional theories of sensorimotor learning posit that animals use sensory error signals to find the optimal motor command in the face of Gaussian sensory and motor noise. However, most such theories cannot explain common behavioral observations, for example, that smaller sensory errors are more readily corrected than larger errors and...

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