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Can Parrot Brains Teach Us About Human Speech? Study Finds Budgies Have Language-Producing Regions That Resemble Our Own
The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...
New Scientist on MSN3d
Budgie brains have a map of vocal sounds just like humans
Recordings of brain activity in budgerigars reveal sets of brain cells that represent different sounds like keys on a ...
We finally know how parrots ‘talk’
The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...
Daily Voice on MSN3d
Parakeets Talking May Unlock Breakthroughs In Speech Disorder, Stroke Therapies: Study
Parakeet brains and their ability to mimic human talking could help people suffering from speech disorders, according to a ...
EL PAÍS English3d
Budgies' brain reveals the secrets of human speech
These birds have neurons that are activated when they produce specific vocalizations, similar to how neurons are activated in humans, though in a different region ...
Science News2d
Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech
Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.