Erich Jarvis

Erich D. Jarvis
Born(1965-05-06)May 6, 1965
Harlem, New York City, NY, US
Education
Known forBirdsong, language
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
Institutions

Erich Jarvis is an American professor at Rockefeller University.[1][2] He is the head of a team of researchers who study the neurobiology of vocal learning, a critical behavioral substrate for spoken language. By studying animals including songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds, his research attempts to show that bird groups have similar learning abilities to humans in the context of sound, such as learning new sounds and then passing on vocal repertoires from one generation to the next.[3] Jarvis focuses on the molecular pathways involved in the perception and production of learned vocalizations, and the development of brain circuits for vocal learning.

In 2002, the National Science Foundation awarded Jarvis the Alan T. Waterman Award.[4] In 2005 he was awarded the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award[5] providing funding for five years to researchers pursuing innovative approaches to biomedical research. In 2008, Jarvis was selected as Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[6]

  1. ^ Fenz, Katherine (12 July 2016). "Rockefeller's newest faculty member studies birdsong to illuminate the origins of human language".
  2. ^ Shah, Sonia (20 September 2023). "The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean? - Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn't so. + comment". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  4. ^ Singing In The Brain Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Duke Magazine, Nov-Dec 2001.
  5. ^ "|| DukeMedNews || Erich Jarvis Receives NIH Pioneer Award". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-05-29., Duke News
  6. ^ "Erich Jarvis Named Howard Hughes Investigator - DukeHealth.org". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2009-02-10., Dukehealth.