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The Neuroscience of Birdsong and Language Learning
21:58 - 29:38 (07:39)
Birds, particularly songbirds, have a genetically-linked innate ability to learn and perfect their species' unique song compared to other species' songs, according to neuroscience research. The brain circuits responsible for bird song learning share similarities with those involved in human language learning.
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Study of vocal learning birds has discovered genes and circuits being similar to human speech.
21:58 - 26:08 (04:09)
Neuroscience
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Study of vocal learning birds has discovered genes and circuits being similar to human speech. This tendency for parallel functions with the brain circuits and underlying genes that are expressed in these brain regions in a specialized way has been recently discovered.
ChapterThe Neuroscience of Birdsong and Language Learning
EpisodeDr. Erich Jarvis: The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music
PodcastHuberman Lab
Birds learn their own songs better than others and prefer to learn their species' song even when they are exposed to a closely related species.
26:08 - 29:38 (03:29)
Birds
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Birds learn their own songs better than others and prefer to learn their species' song even when they are exposed to a closely related species.