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Anja T. Zai

Research fellow, ETH Zurich
Verified email at ethz.ch
Cited by 143

[HTML][HTML] Songbirds work around computational complexity by learning song vocabulary independently of sequence

D Lipkind, AT Zai, A Hanuschkin, GF Marcus… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… We find a phonologically greedy and context-independent target matching strategy at the
time scale of syllable vocabulary, but what happens at time scales within individual syllables? …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstruction of audio waveforms from spike trains of artificial cochlea models

AT Zai, S Bhargava, N Mesgarani, SC Liu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
… To determine whether the classification accuracy is affected by the large variability in
performance between certain digits seen in the PESQ and STOI results, we also look at the …

[PDF][PDF] Lesions of a higher auditory brain area during a sensorimotor period do not impair birdsong learning

A Canopoli, AT Zai, RHR Hahnloser - Matters, 2016 - research-collection.ethz.ch
… We found a similar effect of the visible lesions at 75 dph (Fig. 1A) being much smaller
than the injected acid volumes, which limited our ability to verify the extent of the initial lesion. …

[HTML][HTML] Undirected singing rate as a non-invasive tool for welfare monitoring in isolated male zebra finches

H Yamahachi, AT Zai, RO Tachibana, AE Stepien… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… In each bird, we randomly selected 160 song motifs both at the beginning and at the end
of the isolation. Individual differences across birds were modeled as random effects. …

Learning the sound inventory of a complex vocal skill via an intrinsic reward

H Toutounji, AT Zai, O Tchernichovski… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
… 4A) but were either at a corresponding or at a non-corresponding position in the target motif.
… new targets, regardless of whether it was at the corresponding serial position in the motif or …

[HTML][HTML] Sensory substitution reveals a manipulation bias

AT Zai, S Cavé-Lopez, M Rolland, N Giret… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… We evaluated pitch (fundamental frequency) in a 16-ms window at a fixed delay after the
syllable detection point (which occurred at a roughly constant time lag after syllable onset). We …

Benchmarking nearest neighbor retrieval of zebra finch vocalizations across development

…, X Hao, A Miao, K Lee, M Basha, S Reimann, AT Zai… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
… and were digitized at 32 kHz. We analyzed data from birds that had already 82 spent at
least three days in their cage. … Sounds in32 were recorded at 85 a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. …

Goal-directed vocal planning in a songbird

AT Zai, AE Stepien, S Cavé-Lopez, N Giret… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
… Sounds were recorded with a wall microphone and digitized at 32 kHz. In all birds, we
recorded baseline vocal activity for at least 3 days before doing any manipulation (deafening or …

Haplotype study of three polymorphisms at the dopamine transporter locus confirm linkage to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

CL Barr, C Xu, J Kroft, Y Feng, K Wigg, G Zai… - Biological …, 2001 - Elsevier
… We did not observe any shifts in mobility at any of the three … At this point the best strategy to
determine the molecular … change the DAT1 amino acid sequence at positions 559 and 602. …

Welfare of zebra finches used in research

H Yamahachi, AT Zai, RO Tachibana, AE Stepien… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
… In seven birds examined, we randomly picked 160 song motifs each both at the beginning
and at the end of isolation (three birds were isolated for at least 28 days and four birds for at