Erich Jarvis: Song and Dance
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As a promising young ballet student, Jarvis thought he would pursue a career as a dancer. However, after considering how he might best serve society, Jarvis decided to become a scientist instead. He has now come full circle with his work on songbirds suggesting a link between the areas of the brain involved in vocal learning and those involved in coordinated movements such as dance.
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Upon finishing high school, Erich Jarvis was invited to audition for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. However, he chose to study science at Hunter College instead. Jarvis is now a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. His lab studies the ability of songbirds to learn vocalizations as a model for how the brain learns behaviors. Learn more at http://jarvislab.net/
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