Parrots, songbirds have evolved distinct brain mechanisms
December 08, 2023
December 08, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
When humans learn to speak a language, we learn to produce new vocalizations and use them flexibly for communication, but how the brain is able to achieve this is an important but largely unanswered question, according to Zhilei Zhao, Klarman Fellow in neurobiology and behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S).
Budgerigar parrots get a treat of millet in Cornell's Corson Hall aviary
When humans learn to speak a language, we learn to produce new vocalizations and use them flexibly for communication, but how the brain is able to achieve this is an important but largely unanswered question, according to Zhilei Zhao, Klarman Fellow in neurobiology and behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S).
Budgerigar parrots get a treat of millet in Cornell's Corson Hall aviary