Singing in the brain: Songbirds sing like humans
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 12:41
in Biology & Nature
A songbirds' vocal muscles work like those of human speakers and singers, finds a study recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The research on Bengalese finches showed that each of their vocal muscles can change its function to help produce different parameters of sounds, in a manner similar to that of a trained opera singer.