Sarah Jane Alger

Advisor: Lauren Riters

Contact Information:
Department of Zoology
356 Birge Hall
430 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-5410
email: sjalger@wisc.edu

Research Interests:
Sarah Jane has been addressing questions about how the brain regulates the motivation to sing in male songbirds, and how the brain regulates female preferences for attractive compared to unattractive males, using European starlings and zebra finches. Currently Sarah Jane is addressing such questions through behavioral observations, lesion techniques, and audio recording and playback experiments.

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