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Can Parrot Brains Teach Us About Human Speech? Study Finds Budgies Have Language-Producing Regions That Resemble Our Own
The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...
Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN8d
Parrot brains are built to talk like humans, share similar speech brain circuits
The ability of parrots to mimic human speech has long fascinated people, but a new study reveals that their gift of gab goes ...
Science News7d
Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech
Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.
Popular Science9d
We finally know how parrots ‘talk’
The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for studying human speech, helping scientists to better understand and treat ...