Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds
Unlike nonhuman primates, thousands of bird species have articulatory capabilities that equal or surpass those of humans, and they develop their vocalizations through vocal imitation in a way that is very similar to how human infants learn to speak. An understanding of how speech mechanisms have evo...
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| author | Beckers, Gabriël J. L. Berwick, Robert C Bolhuis, Johan J. |
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| description | Unlike nonhuman primates, thousands of bird species have articulatory capabilities that equal or surpass those of humans, and they develop their vocalizations through vocal imitation in a way that is very similar to how human infants learn to speak. An understanding of how speech mechanisms have evolved is therefore unlikely to yield key insights into how the human brain is special. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1295402022-09-30T20:07:34Z Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds Beckers, Gabriël J. L. Berwick, Robert C Bolhuis, Johan J. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Unlike nonhuman primates, thousands of bird species have articulatory capabilities that equal or surpass those of humans, and they develop their vocalizations through vocal imitation in a way that is very similar to how human infants learn to speak. An understanding of how speech mechanisms have evolved is therefore unlikely to yield key insights into how the human brain is special. 2021-01-25T16:23:42Z 2021-01-25T16:23:42Z 2014-12 2019-05-09T13:12:54Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0140-525X 1469-1825 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129540 Beckers, Gabriël J. L. et al. "Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37, 6 (December 2014): 547 - 548 © 2014 Cambridge University Press en http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x13003956 Behavioral and Brain Sciences Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Cambridge University Press (CUP) Other repository |
| spellingShingle | Beckers, Gabriël J. L. Berwick, Robert C Bolhuis, Johan J. Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds |
| title | Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds |
| title_full | Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds |
| title_fullStr | Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds |
| title_short | Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds |
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