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MIT News – “Could birdsong help us solve stuttering?”

December 22, 2014 - 12:00 am
Convergent Evolution, Human Language, Vocal Learning

“‘Studying fine motor behavior is vital for a lot of neurological disorders in humans, but traditional research subjects like mice are difficult to quantify for those kinds of actions,’ says Pfenning. ‘With birdsong, meanwhile, there are far more exact metrics, like the precision of the pitch, the timing/rhythm of the notes and even the higher-level ‘grammar’ of different songs.'” View more …

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