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...
Main Authors: | Beckers, Gabriël J. L., Berwick, Robert C, Bolhuis, Johan J. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129540 |
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