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

The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

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

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 ...

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