The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...

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

These birds have neurons that are activated when they produce specific vocalizations, similar to how neurons are activated in humans, though in a different region ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

Parakeet brains and their ability to mimic human talking could help people suffering from speech disorders, according to a ...

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words. By recording for the first time the brain activity ...