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Monday, November 9, 2009

Photo: Bird Brains Swap Regions for Baby Babbling, Adult Song


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Male zebra finches, like the one seen above top, use a different region of their brains when young to make seemingly random sounds than the region linked to adult song, a new study shows.

The find could help researchers explain how people learn to speak and may even give new insight into how we think creatively.

Photograph courtesy AAAS/ Science