Parakeet Brains Show Humanlike Speech Mechanism

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 disorders

"I had a parrot named Gascan and, beyond the emotional relationship at the level you establish with an animal, there were two more things: the comical side, which any animal brings, and the fact that I found myself in the reactions he had, copying mine. He would cough, then say >. The first time I went with him in the cage to my grandmother's in a village near Fagaras - I took him out of the cage, he didn't recognize him, he made two laps around…

Parrots and Humans Share Brain Mechanism for Speech: Study - WhoWhatWhy

Parrots and Humans Share Brain Mechanism for Speech: Study (Maria) The author writes, “When it comes to speech, parrots have the gift of gab. And the way the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars bestow this gift is remarkably similar to human speech, researchers report in Nature. So far, budgerigars are the only animals known to have language-producing centers akin to those in humans, says Michael Long, a neuroscientist at NYU Langone He…

Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control

A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system.

Science behind 'Polly want a cracker' could guide future treatment design for speech disorders

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words.

Parakeet brain reveals secrets of human-like speech patterns

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words.