Julia Hyland Bruno

Julia Hyland Bruno is an ethologist interested in behavioral development, with a particular focus on social animals, such as songbirds or humans, that learn how to communicate with one another. Julia received her PhD in biopsychology and behavioral neuroscience from the City University of New York, where she studied the rhythmic patterning of zebra finch vocal learning. As a Presidential Scholar, Julia explores how patterns of communication among individuals influence social organization.

Project Title

Learning to Improvise? Using Social Songbirds to Study Vocal Culture in the Lab

Peter Bearman
Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Sociology, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theories and Empirics (INCITE), President of the American Assembly, Columbia University

George Lewis
Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music, Columbia University

Presidential Scholars Research Symposium: 2nd-Year Presentations
February 10, 2020

Timing and Social Coordination: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
March 11, 2019

The Transmission of Songs in Birds, Humans, and Other Animals
February 17-18, 2019

Comparing Domains of Improvisation
December 4, 2018

Aggressive Responses of Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis Phoebe) and American Robins (Turdus Migratorius) Toward Brood Parasites and Nest Predators: A Model Presentation Experiment
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2020

Birdsong Learning and Culture: Analogies with Hyman Spoken Language
Annual Review of Linguistics, 2020

Rhythm in Dyadic Interactions
PsyArXiv Reprints, 2020

Regularities in Zebra Finch Song Beyond the Repeated Motif
Behavioural Processes, 2019

Presidential Scholars Research Symposium: 2nd-Year Presentations
February 10, 2020

Metaphors of the Mind
May 17, 2019