Scientists Discover How the Songbird's Brain Controls Timing During Singing (AUDIO)
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New research that reveals the activity of nerve cells in a songbird's brain as the bird sings a specific song is helping scientists to understand how birds string together sets of syllables -- and it also may provide insight into how the human brain learns language and produces speech. "Unlike dogs and cats, whose vocalizations are innate and unlearned, songbirds learn a song in much the same way as humans learn a language, explains Dezhe Jin at Penn State University. This sound clip is of an adult zebra finch, a species that Jin and other members of the research team studied.
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Dezhe Jin, Penn State
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