Songbirds turn on and tune up: Bullfinches have the brain power to learn to sing human melodies accurately
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —Bullfinches learn from human teachers to sing melodies accurately, according to a new study by the late Nicolai Jürgen and researchers from the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. Their analysis of human melody singing in bullfinches gives insights into the songbirds' brain processes. The work is published online in Springer's journal Animal Cognition.