Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...

Recordings of brain activity in budgerigars reveal sets of brain cells that represent different sounds like keys on a ...

Navaornis had a larger cerebrum than Archaeopteryx, suggesting it had more advanced cognitive capabilities than the earliest ...

Colored green above, a songbird's cortex, which dominates the bird brain anatomy, functions similarly to a human cortex. It is the outer brain shell responsible for controlling perception and some ...

According to the press release, it didn’t matter whether the bird hit all the notes or missed some — any attempt at singing triggered the brain's reward pathways. Additionally, the better the bird ...