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, Dr. Hyland Bruno 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 and Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theories and Empirics (INCITE), Columbia University

George Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music

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

Bruno, J. H., Jarvis, E. D., Liberman, M., & Tchernichovski, O. (2020). Birdsong learning and culture: Analogies with human spoken language. Annual Review of Linguistics, 7.

De Reus, K., Soma, M., Anichini, M., Gamba, M., de Heer Kloots, M., Lense, M., ... & Ravignani, A. (2020). Rhythm in dyadic interactions.

Enos, J. K., Bruno, J. H., & Hauber, M. E. (2020). 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.

Bruno, J. H., & Tchernichovski, O. (2019). Regularities in zebra finch song beyond the repeated motif. Behavioural processes, 163, 53-59.