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

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

Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new details about how the brain organises learned vocalisations such as birdsong.

The ability of parrots to mimic human speech has long fascinated people, but a new study reveals that their gift of gab goes ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have published a study highlighting how vocal changes in the zebra finch songbirds ...

Animals learn by imitating behaviors, such as when a baby mimics her mother’s speaking voice or a young male zebra finch copies the mating song of an older male tutor, often his father. In a study ...

Their ability to distinguish between individuals is strong evidence for fast mapping, a learning tool generally thought to belong only to humans. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, where ...

Henry Schechter is the Opinion Editor at The Sun. He is a third-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences. His ...

University of Arizona neuroscientists studying the brains of songbirds have found that aging alters the gene expressions that ...