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Erich Jarvis

Erich Jarvis

Rockefeller University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Erich Jarvis was a high school student at the School of the Performing Arts in New York City. Upon graduation, he had to choose between continuing as a dancer and becoming a scientist. He chose science. Jarvis pursued his undergraduate degree at Hunter College where he found that the discipline and creativity of his dance training were equally applicable to scientific study. Jarvis went on to do graduate and postdoctoral work at Rockefeller University where he made his first studies of songbird learning.

Jarvis is currently an Associate Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. His lab studies how the brain controls complex behaviors. To this end, they study the molecular pathways involved in vocal learning in songbirds. Jarvis has received numerous awards and honors for his work including an NSF Alan T. Waterman Award and an NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.

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How I Became a Scientist: From Dancing to Science

As a promising young ballet student, Erich Jarvis had to make the decision to change from a career in dancing to science. He tells us why he chose science. (Talk recorded in April 2012)

Erich Jarvis
Audience:
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  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 8:35

Brain Pathways for Vocal Learning

Very few animals or birds are capable of vocal learning. Erich Jarvis explains that specialized vocal learning neural circuits exist in all of these species but not in non-vocal learners. (Talk recorded in April 2012)

  • Part 1: Convergent behavior and brain pathways
    Part 1: Convergent behavior and brain pathways
    Audience:
    • General Public
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 26:17
  • Part 2: Motor theory of vocal learning origin
    Part 2: Motor theory of vocal learning origin
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 11:42
  • Part 3: Genes specialized in vocal learning circuits
    Part 3: Genes specialized in vocal learning circuits
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 16:04

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