#VocalLearning

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

@mpi-nl.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Seal pup

Koen de Reus recorded 1,000+ hours of pup calls for his PhD at our Institute and Radboud University, with @pieterburen.bsky.social He discovered seal pups take turns when they ‘talk’ and even develop local accents. Surprisingly human!

#LanguageEvolution #VocalLearning

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GetNews.me

@getnews-me.bsky.social

6 months ago

Babbling Brains: How Human Infants and Marmoset Monkeys Learn Language

Human infants start babbling around six months, while marmoset infants babble for a few weeks after birth; both show early brain growth surge that fuels vocal learning. Read more: getnews.me/babbling-brains-how-huma... #babbling #vocallearning

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍

@ebpgenome.bsky.social

6 months ago

🔍Why use genomes to decode speech?
💡 Genomes show us which genes and pathways make talking, singing, and rhythmic communication possible — and why some species can do it while others can’t.
✨listen here 👉 bit.ly/3Jv9C5f
@vertebrategenomes.bsky.social
🧬 #Genomics 🐦 #SongbirdScience 🗣️ #VocalLearning

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Donna E

@edwardsdna.bsky.social

10 months ago

This Sea Lion Can Headbang Better Than You—Watch Her Out-Perform Humans at Keeping a Beat A new study of Ronan, a sea lion famous for her dancing skills, challenges the idea that only vocal learners can match a tempo

This Sea Lion Can Headbang Better Than You—Watch Her Out-Perform Humans at Keeping a Beat: A new study of Ronan, a sea lion famous for her dancing skills, challenges the idea that only vocal learners can match a tempo @SmithsonianMag #SeaLion #AnimalIntelligence #DanceMoves #Headbang #VocalLearning

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Die Sankoré-Schriften

@sankoreschriften.bsky.social

1 year ago

A single protein may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language How much does the evolution of human speech owe to one amino acid?

Researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language. #neuroskyence #langsky #macroevolution #vocallearning #speech

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Die Sankoré-Schriften

@sankoreschriften.bsky.social

1 year ago

What Can Birdsong Teach Us About Human Language? | Quanta Magazine We often consider spoken language to be a feature that distinguishes humans from other forms of animal life. Brain research, however, suggests that other creatures — including certain birds — share so...

What Can Birdsong Teach Us About Human Language? #langsky #birdsong #humanspeech #vocalproduction #motorpathway #vocallearning

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Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi

@jgmussoi.bsky.social

3 years ago

New paper alert! 🚨
Check out our opinion piece at @BiologyLetters: "The importance of sleep for avian vocal communication."

#animalbehaviour #sleep #birdsong
#vocallearning #birds

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