Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...
A Hit of Dopamine Tells Baby Birds When Their Song Practice Is Paying Off
Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...
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Bird brains help scientists to unveil the secrets of speech
Whereas zebra finches produce rigid ... neurons recycle similar activity patterns for sounds with shared acoustic properties, enabling greater flexibility and diversity in vocal output (Fig.