A bad performance is better than no performance at all
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 11:49
in Psychology & Sociology
The learning of birdsong resembles the learning of speech in humans. Crucial for the process are acoustic perception and the ability to produce sound. Social isolation leads to a disturbed vocal development both in humans and in birds. When children grow up without contact to other humans they either develop no or a rudimentary form of human language.