Songbirds learn their songs during sleep
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 08:40
in Psychology & Sociology
When zebra finches learn their songs from their father early in life, their brain is active during sleep. That is what biologists at Utrecht University conclude in a paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Their findings are a further demonstration that birdsong learning is very similar to the way that children learn how to speak...