Songbirds show remarkable flexibility in learning tunes
Young songbirds can learn tunes from another species, according to new research, and the underlying neural processes could be similar to those that shape human speech in childhood.
Vocalisations that humans and birds are exposed to early in life determine lifelong hearing and communication. Until now it was unclear where in the brain’s auditory pathway this occurs and to what degree the ability is shaped by experience.
Published by Cosmos Magazine.
