New research reveals that parrots produce speech using brain structures remarkably similar to those in humans.

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Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

Budgerigars, small and colorful parrots, are known for their ability to mimic human speech. Scientists have now discovered that these parrots may have the same brain mechanism for speech as humans. A ...

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Published online March 19 in the journal Nature, the study mapped the activity of a group of nerve cells in the bird's brain called the central nucleus of the anterior arcopallium (AAC), which is ...