Jan 26, 2024 · “Parrots are our evolutionary mirror image,” behavioral ecologist Antone Martinho-Truswell wrote in his 2022 book, The Parrot in the Mirror. With powerful brains and a proclivity for words, these...

Alex (May 18, 1976 – September 6, 2007) [1] was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex was about one year old, Pepperberg bought him at a pet shop. [2] .

Jul 15, 2023 · Parrots are intelligent because they have an evolved genome sequence that regulates language, memory, and spatial awareness. Their creativity and intellect are evolutionary byproducts of survival instincts. Ornithologists theorize that their intelligence slowly developed alongside their often extensive life spans.

Feb 25, 2019 · Usually, calling someone a bird-brain is meant as an insult, but an African grey parrot named Griffin is rewriting the rules when it comes to avian intelligence. A new study shows the African grey can perform some cognitive tasks at levels beyond that of 5-year-old humans.

Nov 20, 2008 · Bird Brains: Are Parrots Smarter Than a Human Two-Year-Old? That might be stretching things but, as an expert on animal cognition discusses, certain birds display startling abilities and...

Jul 6, 2018 · Parrots are exceptionally intelligent animals. They use tools, boast sophisticated problem-solving abilities, understand mathematical concepts and, of course, excel at "speaking."

Sep 19, 2019 · Parrots’ obvious cleverness, gregarious personalities, rich social lives, behavioral flexibility, and long lifespans, combined with their almost uncanny ability to mimic sounds gives them the...

Arguably best known for her work with another parrot, Alex, whose intelligence was estimated as equal to that of a 6-year-old child, Irene Pepperberg in recent decades effectively rewrote...

Jan 20, 2020 · Here is a look at eight of the most intelligent types of pet birds. Harvard professor Dr. Irene Pepperberg studied Alex, the African Gray parrot, and other African Grays for many years. Her findings regarding cognition and intelligence in African Gray parrots changed the course of the study of linguistics and animal cognition. Dr.

Dec 6, 2018 · Parrots are intelligent birds capable of complex cognition, and it turns out that the genes that play a role in their brain development are similar to those that evolved to give humans large...