Bird Brained Singers Learn Grammar!!!
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04-28-2006, 10:00 AM,
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Bird Brained Singers Learn Grammar!!!
Quote:Starlings can recognise complex grammar in their songs in a way once thought to be exclusive to humans. full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht...bird27.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/27/ixhome.html Quote:Led by Timothy Q. Gentner, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego, a study published in the April 27 issue of Nature demonstrates that starlings have the capacity to classify acoustic sequences defined by recursive, center-embedded grammars... full article: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/519902/ |
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04-29-2006, 12:16 AM,
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Re: Bird Brained Singers Learn Grammar!!!
The birds did better than humans. 9 of 11 Starlings learned grammar. :twistedevil:
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