Publications
2021
Scholarly publications
Mol, C., Bolhuis, J. J., & Moorman, S. (2021).
Vocal learning in songbirds: the role of syllable order in song recognition.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,
376(1836), 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0248 2018
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J., Beckers, G. J. L., Huijbregts, M. A. C., Berwick, R.
, & Everaert, M. B. H. (2018).
The slings and arrows of comparative linguistics.
PLoS Biology,
16(9), 1-3. [e3000019].
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000019 Bolhuis, J. J., Beckers, G. J. L., Huijbregts, M. A. C., Berwick, R. C.
, & Everaert, M. B. H. (2018).
Meaningful syntactic structure in songbird vocalizations? PLoS Biology,
16(6), [e2005157].
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005157 2017
Scholarly publications
Yang, C., Crain, S., Berwick, R. C., Chomsky, N.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017).
The growth of language: Universal Grammar, experience, and principles of computation.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,
81, 103-119.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.023Friederici, A. D., Chomsky, N., Berwick, R. C., Moro, A.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017).
Language, mind and brain.
Nature Human Behaviour,
1(10), 713-722.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0184-4Prather, J. F., Okanoya, K.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017).
Brains for birds and babies: Neural parallels between birdsong and speech acquisition.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,
81, 225-237.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.035Everaert, M. B. H., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017). Special issue 'The Biology of Language'. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 81(part B), 99-300.
Everaert, M. B. H., Huijbregts, M. A. C., Berwick, R., Chomsky, N., Tattersall, I., Moro, A.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2017).
What is Language and How Could it Have Evolved? Trends in Cognitive Sciences,
1691, 569-571.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2017.05.007 2016
Scholarly publications
Eda-Fujiwara, H., Satoh, R., Hata, Y., Yamasaki, M., Watanabe, A.
, Zandbergen, M. A., Okamoto, Y., Miyamoto, T.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2016).
Sex differences in behavioural and neural responsiveness to mate calls in a parrot.
Scientific Reports,
6, [18481].
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18481Beckers, G. J. L., Berwick, R., Okanoya, K.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (Accepted/In press).
What do animals learn in artificial grammar studies? Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, [NBR-2696].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.021 Popularising publications
Düwell, M., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2016). De evolutie leert ons geen mores. Trouw.
Duwell, M., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2016). De evolutie leert ons geen moraal. Trouw - De Verdieping.
2015
Scholarly publications
Everaert, M. B. H., Huybregts, M. A. C., Chomsky, N., Berwick, R. C.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2015).
Structures, Not Strings: Linguistics as Part of the Cognitive Sciences.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences,
19(12), 729–743.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2015.09.008 Moorman, S., Gobes, S. M. H., van de Kamp, F. C.
, Zandbergen, M. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2015).
Learning-related brain hemispheric dominance in sleeping songbirds.
Scientific Reports,
5, 9041.
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09041 Bolhuis, J. J., Tattersall, I., Chomsky, N., & Berwick, R. C. (2015).
Language: UG or not to be, that is the question.
PloS Biology [E],
13(2), e1002063.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002063 Other output
Beckers, G. J. L., Broekhuizen, J., Rattenborg, N. C., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2015). Vocal sequence predictability modulates traveling wave activity in songbird auditory forebrain. Abstract from SfN Neuroscience, Chicago, United States.
2014
Scholarly publications
Beckers, G. J. L., Berwick, R. C.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2014).
Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
37(6), 547-8; discussion 577-604.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13003956 2013
Scholarly publications
Berwick, R. C., Friederici, A. C., Chomsky, N., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2013). Evolution, brain and the nature of language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17, 89-98.
Moorman, S., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2013). Behavioral similarities between birdsong and spoken language. In J. J. Bolhuis, & M. B. H. Everaert (Eds.), Birdsong, Speech & Language (pp. 111-123). MIT Press.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Everaert, M. B. H. (2013). Birdsong, Speech and Language. Exploring the Evolution of Mind and Brain. MIT Press.
Gobes, S. M. H., Fritz, J., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2013). Neural mechanisms of auditory learning and memory in songbirds and mammals. In J. J. Bolhuis, & M. B. H. Everaert (Eds.), Birdsong, Speech & Language (pp. 295-315). MIT Press.
2012
Scholarly publications
Eda-Fujiwara, H., Imagawa, T., Matsushita, M., Matsuda, Y., Takeuchi, H. A., Satoh, R., Watanabe, A.
, Zandbergen, M. A., Manabe, K., Kawashima, T.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2012).
Localized brain activation related to the strength of auditory learning in a parrot.
PLoS One,
7(6), [e38803].
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038803Bolhuis, J. J., Gobes, S. M. H., Terpstra, N. J., den Boer-Visser, A. M.
, & Zandbergen, M. A. (2012).
Learning-related neuronal activation in the zebra finch song systemnucleus HVC in response to the bird's own song.
PLoS One,
7(7), e41556.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0041556 Eda-Fujiwara, H., Imagawa, T., Matsushita, K., Matsuda, Y., Takeuchi, H., Satoh, R., Watanabe, A., Zandbergen, M. A., Manabe, K., Kawashima, T., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2012). Localized brain activation related to the strengh of auditory learning in a parrot. PLoS One, 7(6), e38803.
Moorman, S., Gobes, S. M. H., Kuijpers, M., Kerkhofs, A.
, Zandbergen, M. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2012).
Human-like brain hemispheric dominance in birdsong learning.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
109, 12782-12787.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207207109https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/279246/Artikel%25202012%2520PNAS%2520Lateralization%2520July%252031%2520vol.%2520109%2520no.%252031%2520p.12782_226__128__147_12787.pdf?sequence=1 Beckers, G. J. L., Bolhuis, J. J., Okanoya, K., & Berwick, R. C. (2012). Birdsong neurolinguistics: Songbird context-free grammar claim is premature. NeuroReport, 23, 139-145.
Berwick, R. C., Beckers, G. J. L., Okanoya, K., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2012). A bird's eye view of human language evolution. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, 4, 5.
2011
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J., Okanoya, K., & Scharff, C. (2011). Twitter evolution: Converging mechanisms in birdsong and human speech. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11, 747-759.
Moorman, S., Mello, C. V.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2011).
From songs to synapses: Molecular mechanisms of birdsong memory: Molecular mechanisms of auditory learning in songbirds involve immediate early genes, including zenk and arc, the ERK/MAPK pathway and synapsins.
BioEssays,
33(5), 337-385.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201000150 Giraldeau, L-A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2011). Function and evolution of animal behaviour. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L-A. Giraldeau (Eds.), Animal Behaviour, Vol. 3, The Function of Behaviour (pp. vii-xviii). SAGE.
Hemelrijk, C. K., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2011). A minimalist approach to comparative psychology. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 185-186.
Berwick, R. C., Okanoya, K., Beckers, G. J. L., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2011). Songs to syntax: the linguistics of birdsong. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15, 113-121.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Honey, R. C. (2011). Imprinting, learning, and development: From behaviour to brain and back. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L-A. Giraldeau (Eds.), Animal Behaviour, Vol. 2 (pp. 153-163). SAGE.
2010
Scholarly publications
Gobes, S. M. H., Zandbergen, M. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2010).
Memory in the making: Localized brain activation related to song learning in young songbirds.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,
277(1698), 3343-3351.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0870 Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2010). Introduction: Mechanisms of animal behaviour. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L-A. Giraldeau (Eds.), Animal Behaviour, Vol. 1, Causation: The mechanisms of Animal Behaviour SAGE.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2010). Imprinting, learning, and development: From behaviour to brain and back. Vol. 2, Development of Animal Behaviour. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L. A. Giraldeau (Eds.), Animal Behaviour (pp. 153-163). SAGE.
Gobes, S. M. H., Zandbergen, M. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2010). Memory in the making: Localized bain activation related to song learning in young songbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 277, 3343-3351.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2010). Imprinting. In I. B. Weiner, & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (pp. 806-807). Wiley.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2010). Introduction: Mechanisms of animal behaviour. Vol. 1, Causation: The Mechanisms of Animal Behaviour. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L. A. Giraldeau (Eds.), Animal Behaviour
Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2010). Animal Behaviour. (SAGE library in cognitive and experimental psychology). SAGE.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Eda-Fujiwara, H. (2010). Birdshong and the brain: The syntax of memory. NeuroReport, 21, 395-398.
Popularising publications
Bolhuis, J. J. (2010). De menselijke taal in vogelliedjes. BioNieuws, 20, 12-13.
2009
Scholarly publications
Gobes, S. M. H., Ter Haar, S. M., Vignal, C., Vergne, A. L., Mathevon, N.
, & Bolhuis, J. J. (2009).
Differential responsiveness in brain and behavior to sexually dimorphic long calls in male and female zebra finches.
Journal of Comparative Neurology,
516(4), 312-20.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22113 Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). Function and mechanism in neuroecology: looking for clues. In J. J. Bolhuis, & S. Verhulst (Eds.), Tinbergen's Legacy: Function and Mechanism in Behavioural Biology (pp. 163-196). Cambridge University Press.
Jansen, J., Bolhuis, J. J., Schouten, W. G., Spruijt, B. M., & Wiegant, V. M. (2009). Spatial learning in pigs: effects of environmental enrichment and individual characteristics on behaviour and performance. Animal Cognition, 12(2), 303-315.
Hogan, J. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). Tinbergen's four questions and contemporary behavioral biology. In J. J. Bolhuis, & S. Verhulst (Eds.), Tinbergen's Lecacy: Function and Mechanism in Behavioural Biology (pp. 25-34). Cambridge University Press.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Wynne, C. D. L. (2009). Can evolution explain how minds work? Nature, 458, 832-833.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). Selfless memes. Journal Title.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Verhulst, S. (2009). Tinbergen's Legacy: Function and Mechanism in Behavioral Biology. Cambridge University Press.
Hogan, J. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). The development of behavior: Trends since Tinbergen (1963). In J. J. Bolhuis, & S. Verhulst (Eds.), Tinbergen's Lecacy: Function and Mechanism in Behavioural Biology (pp. 82-106). Cambridge University Press.
Professional publications
Hogan, J. A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). Causal Mechanisms of Behavioural Development. Cambridge University Press.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). Gissen naar de geschiedenis van de geest. Academische boekengids, 75, 34-39.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). EP or not EP, that is the question. Academische boekengids, 76, 20.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2009). Denkend aan Darwin. BioNieuws, 19, 10.
2008
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Chasin' the trace: The neural substrate of bird song memory. In H. P. Zeigler, & P. Marler (Eds.), Neuroscience of Birdsong (pp. 269-279). Cambridge University Press.
Boumans, T., Gobes, S. M. H., Poirier, C., Theunissen, F. E., Vandersmissen, L., Pintjens, W., Verhoye, M., Bolhuis, J. J., & van der Linden, A. (2008). Functional MRI of auditory responses in the zebra finch forebrain reveals a hierarchical organisation based on signal strength but not selectivity. PLoS One, 3, e3184.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Neural dissociation between vocal production and auditory recognition memory in both songbirds and humans. In A. D. M. Smith, K. Smith, & R. Ferrer I Cancho (Eds.), The Evolution of Language (pp. 403-404). World Scienctific.
Goossens, B. M. A., Dekleva, M., Reader, S. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Gaze following in monkeys is modulated by observed facial expressions. Animal Behaviour, 75, 1673-1681.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Piling on the selection pressure. Science, 320, 1293.
Gobes, S. M. H., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Bird brains key to the functions of sleep. Science, 322, 1789.
Brodin, A., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Memory and brain in food storing birds: space oddities or adaptive specialisations? Ethology, 114, 633-645.
Wynne, C. D. L., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2008). Minding the gap: Why there is still no theory in comparative psychology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 152-153.
2007
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J. (2007). Folk ethology bewijst Tinbergen geen eer. BioNieuws, 17, 7-7.
Gobes, S. M. H., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2007). Birdsong memory: A neural dissociation between song recognition and production. Current Biology, 17, 789-793.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2007). Niko's natuurwetenschap. Academische boekengids, 64, 21-23.
Other output
Bolhuis, J. J. (2007). Neural mechanisms of birdsong memory. S24-S24. Abstract from Unknown event, Asilomar, USA.
Goossens, B. M. A., Dekleva, M., Reader, S. M., Sterck, E. H. M., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2007). Gaze following in monkeys is modulated by facial expressions. Abstract from XXXth International Ethology Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Eda-Fujiwara, H., Satoh, R., Bolhuis, J. J., Zandbergen, M. A., & Miyamoto, M. (2007). Neuronal activition related to auditory membory in parrot brain. S226-S226. Abstract from Unknown event, Asilomar, USA.
2006
Scholarly publications
Terpstra, N. J., Bolhuis, J. J., Riebel, K., van der Burg, J. M. M., & den Boer-Visser, A. M. (2006). Localized brain activation specific to auditory memory in a female songbird. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 494, 784-791.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Gahr, M. (2006). Neural mechanisms of birdsong memory. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7, 347-357.
Popularising publications
Bolhuis, J. J. (2006). Het neurovisie songfestival. BioNieuws, 9, 6-6.
2005
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2005). The Behavior of Animals. Mechanisms, Function and Evolution. Blackwell Publ.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Hogan, J. A. (2005). Ethological approaches to behavioural development. In B. Hopkins (Ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (pp. 64-69). Cambridge University Press.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2005). The study of animal behavior. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L. A. Giraldeau (Eds.), The Behavior of Animals. Mechanisms, Function, and Evolution Blackwell Publishing.
Terpstra, N. J., Bolhuis, J. J., den Boer-Visser, A. M., & ten Cate, C. (2005). Neuronal activation related to auditory perception in a non-songbird, the ring dove. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 488, 342-351.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2005). Function and mechanism in neuroecology: Looking for clues. Animal Biology, 55, 457-490.
Professional publications
Bolhuis, J. J. (2005). Op zoek naar het brein achter ons geheugen. Natuurkundige Voordrachten van de Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Natuurkunde "Diligentia"; Nieuwe Reeks, 83(83), 45-54.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2005). We're not Fred or Wilma. Science, 309, 706.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2005). Acting on instinct. Nature, 435, 740-741.
2004
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J. (2004). Biography of a brilliant birdwatcher. Oxford University Press.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Giraldeau, L-A. (2004). The Behavior of Animals, Mechanisms, function and evolution. Blackwell Publishing.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2004). Development of Behavior. In J. J. Bolhuis, & L-A. Giraldeau (Eds.), The Behavior of Animals. Mechanisms, Function, and Evolution Blackwell Publishing.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2004). Biography of a brilliant birdwatcher. In H. Kruuk (Ed.), Niko's nature. A life of Niko Tinbergen and his science of animal behaviour (pp. 1140-1141). Oxford University Press.
Terpstra, N. J., Bolhuis, J. J., & den Boer-Visser, A. M. (2004). An analysis of the neural representation of birdsong memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 4971-4977.
2003
Scholarly publications
Eda-Fujiwara, H., Satoh, R., Bolhuis, J. J., & Kimura, T. (2003). Neuronal activation in female budgerigars is localized and related to male song complexity. European Journal of Neuroscience, 17, 149-154.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Horn, G. (2003). Imprinting: In J. H. Byrne (Ed.), Learning and Memory (pp. 247-251). MacMillan Reference USA/ Thomas & Gale.
Bolhuis, J. J., & Eda-Fujiwara, H. (2003). Bird brains and songs: neural mechanisms of birdsong perception and memory. Animal Biology, 53, 129-145.
Lefebvre, L., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2003). Positive and negative correlates of feeding innovations in birds: evidence for limited modularity. In S. Reader, & K. Laland (Eds.), Animal Innovation (pp. 39-61). Oxford University Press.
2002
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J., & Macphail, E. M. (2002). Everything in neuroecology makes sense in the light of evolution. Response from Bolhuis and Macphail. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6(1), 7-8.
Bolhuis, J. J. (2002). Making sense in the light of evolution. Trends in ecology & evolution, 17, 535-536.
Riebel, K., Smallegange, I. M., Terpstra, N. J., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2002). Sexual equality in zebra finch song preference: evidence for a dissociation between song recognition and production learning. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, B 269, 729-733.
Other output
Bolhuis, J. J. (2002). De Evolutie van de Gedragsbiologie. UU.
2001
Scholarly publications
Bolhuis, J. J., & Macphail, E. M. (2001). A critique of the neuroecology of learning and memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(10), 426-433.