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

Parakeet brains and their ability to mimic human talking could help people suffering from speech disorders, according to a ...

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

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 ...

"Incredibly flexible" spoken language is produced through delicate patterns in the human brain, the researchers say. To determine whether the patterns are unique to humans, the research team performed ...

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words.By recording for the first time the brain activity of parakeets as they made ...