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How do zebra finches learn to talk?
Manage episode 278620728 series 2680968
How exactly do birds ‘talk’ to one another? And might research into how birds listen to birdsong help us understand communication both in humans and birds? Dr Robert Dooling and his team, based at the University of Maryland, USA, showed that – for zebra finches at least – the subtle nuances in sound texture or timbre are more important than the sequence of repeated sounds.
Find more on their work in Research Outreach, or read the original paper : https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0044
396 episodes
Manage episode 278620728 series 2680968
How exactly do birds ‘talk’ to one another? And might research into how birds listen to birdsong help us understand communication both in humans and birds? Dr Robert Dooling and his team, based at the University of Maryland, USA, showed that – for zebra finches at least – the subtle nuances in sound texture or timbre are more important than the sequence of repeated sounds.
Find more on their work in Research Outreach, or read the original paper : https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0044
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