The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...

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 ...

New research reveals that parrots produce speech using brain structures remarkably similar to those in humans.

Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new ...

"Incredibly flexible" spoken language is produced through delicate patterns in the human brain, the researchers say. To determine whether the patterns are unique to humans, the research team performed ...

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

The 1983 paper opened for me a whole area that was very novel, because it was so unexpected and led to the realization that there are many parts in the songbird brain where neurons are constantly ...

The songbird vocal motor nucleus HVC contains cells that project to the basal ganglia, the auditory system, or downstream vocal motor structures. In this fundamental study, the authors conduct ...

Part of the study's results were focused on the contrast between the budgerigar's brain and that of the zebra finch, a songbird species known to produce complex vocalizations. While both species ...

Part of the study's results were focused on the contrast between the budgerigar's brain and that of the zebra finch, a songbird species known to produce complex vocalizations. While both species ...