User profiles for C. Scharff

Constance Scharff

- Verified email at zedat.fu-berlin.de - Cited by 9157

Christina Scharff

- Verified email at kcl.ac.uk - Cited by 3895

FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language

SE Fisher, C Scharff - Trends in Genetics, 2009 - cell.com
Rare mutations of the FOXP2 transcription factor gene cause a monogenic syndrome
characterized by impaired speech development and linguistic deficits. Recent genomic …

Twitter evolution: converging mechanisms in birdsong and human speech

JJ Bolhuis, K Okanoya, C Scharff - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
Vocal imitation in human infants and in some orders of birds relies on auditory-guided motor
learning during a sensitive period of development. It proceeds from 'babbling' (in humans) …

Evo-devo, deep homology and FoxP2: implications for the evolution of speech and language

C Scharff, J Petri - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The evolution of novel morphological features, such as feathers, involves the modification of
developmental processes regulated by gene networks. The fact that genetic novelty …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of a songbird

…, R Ekblom, T Birkhead, T Burke, D Burt, C Scharff… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
The zebra finch is an important model organism in several fields 1 , 2 with unique relevance
to human neuroscience 3 , 4 . Like other songbirds, the zebra finch communicates through …

[BOOK][B] New femininities: Postfeminism, neoliberalism and subjectivity

R Gill, C Scharff - 2013 - books.google.com
… -Woelfing, Mae Georgi, Ada Georgi, Luisa Scharff, and her parents Heidi Scharff and Jörg
Scharff. Christina really enjoyed working on this volume with Ros Gill, who she would like to …

A comparative study of the behavioral deficits following lesions of various parts of the zebra finch song system: implications for vocal learning

C Scharff, F Nottebohm - Journal of Neuroscience, 1991 - Soc Neuroscience
… (2) Note numbers can also easily be underestimated, as we did in our preliminary report (Scharff
and Nottebohm, 1989). This is because notes of distinct length and place within a motif …

[HTML][HTML] Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X

…, B Georgi, P Licznerski, P Osten, C Scharff - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
The gene encoding the forkhead box transcription factor, FOXP2, is essential for developing
the full articulatory power of human language. Mutations of FOXP2 cause developmental …

The psychic life of neoliberalism: Mapping the contours of entrepreneurial subjectivity

C Scharff - Theory, culture & society, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article adds to contemporary analyses of neoliberalism by shedding light on its psychic
life. Writers in the Foucauldian tradition have explored how subjectivities are reconstituted …

FoxP2 expression in avian vocal learners and non-learners

…, EE Morrisey, T Lints, ED Jarvis, C Scharff - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
… –C), reflected in higher expression ratios (bars A–C in J). Area X of song sparrows (sampled
in spring) expressed slightly less FoxP2 than the surrounding striatum (D; bar D in J), as did …

[PDF][PDF] For whom the bird sings: context-dependent gene expression

ED Jarvis, C Scharff, MR Grossman, JA Ramos… - Neuron, 1998 - cell.com
Male zebra finches display two song behaviors: directed and undirected singing. The two differ
little in the vocalizations produced but greatly in how song is delivered. "Directed" song is …