Tag: budgerigar

  • The vocal representations of parrots and humans in the motor networks

    The vocal representations of parrots and humans in the motor networks

    Researchers claim to have identified the first-ever neural circuit in the brain of a parrot for vocal control and speech articulation. The researchers showed that the premotor organisation of the vocal control pathway in the budgerigar was not affected by the presence of an audience. The network is made up of both the human sensorimotor…