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Pet owner's tips: Teach your parrot to speak
While not all kinds of parrots can speak, some of them can remember and say lots of words or even phrases, and it often seems that they can even talk consciously. If you are lucky to have a parrot that can talk, then you can help it by training it and developing its skills.
Kate Yakimchuk pets facts pet parrots training birds Animals 20 January 2024
Dog Understanding Words: Know More About Your Pets
Have you ever felt like your dog can actually understand the thing you say? While these pets can't fully understand the complicated concepts of the human world, they definitely know some words.
Kate Yakimchuk dogs training pets understanding Animals 20 December 2023
Why Ravens Imitate Human Speech: Nature Is Amazing
Not only parrots can imitate voices - some other birds can also do it quite well! For instance, ravens, the highly intelligent birds, can imitate voices amazingly when they live next to people.
Kate Yakimchuk ravens adaptation wild nature bird facts Animals 20 December 2023
Nursery Rhymes Helps with Language Learning: A New Experiment
You might think that you don't have to talk to babies because they'd understand anything, but it seems to be wrong. Parents should start speaking to their new babies using sing-song speech, like nursery rhymes, as soon as possible, according to a new study.
Kate Yakimchuk research child development social skills communication Psychology 15 December 2023
What happens to a hubless brain: A new experiment
A team of specialists has made a groundbreaking discovery by obtaining direct recordings of the human brain minutes before and after disconnecting a crucial hub for language meaning. This rare opportunity demonstrates the role of brain hubs in various neural networks and the brain's amazing ability to compensate when this hub is lost, a process not observed before.
Kate Yakimchuk research brain activity memory Psychology 14 December 2023
Pigs and horses understand your intonation: A new study
Everyone loves when people speak in a softer tone, and animals are no exception. Most people know that pets understand human intonations, but it seems that other domesticated animals understand voice tones as well.
Kate Yakimchuk research pigs understanding horses Animals 18 November 2023
Communication through thoughts: A new invention that can help
Some people lose their ability to talk - it usually happens after severe traumas and diseases. In some cases, it's impossible to bring their talking abilities back, but science seems to find a new way to help them.
Kate Yakimchuk research brain trauma science Psychology 9 November 2023
Understanding baby talk: A new study on how our brain works
The ability of adults to understand what young children are saying when they're just starting to talk is quite remarkable. Researchers from MIT and Harvard University conducted a study to understand how adults make sense of children's early language efforts.
Kate Yakimchuk research children parenting brain Psychology 28 October 2023
Objects can make babies talk more: A new study
A recent study delved into what encourages babies to engage in "baby talk." The research discovered that infants are more inclined to use these early speech sounds, called protophones, when interacting with artificial objects instead of natural ones.
Kate Yakimchuk research children development Psychology 22 October 2023
Letting people speak again: A new study
A team of researchers has been working on understanding how our brains control speech and using that knowledge to create technology that can help people who have lost their ability to speak. They used complex computer programs to study brain activity and recreate speech from brain recordings.
Kate Yakimchuk research brain damage Psychology 21 October 2023
Why not all parrots are great talkers: Learn more about your pets
Most people know that only a few kinds of parrots are great talkers - and some of them can imitate speech and even voices really well. Meanwhile, some parrots don't want to talk or talk just a little, even when their variety has everything to do with it.
Kate Yakimchuk pets birds skills nature Animals 6 October 2023
Animals speaking like humans: Can evolution do it?
When we were kids, we used to dream about our pets being able to speak like humans, so we could talk to them. Now we know that's impossible, but is it? Can evolution make some animals talk like us?
Kate Yakimchuk evolution brain Animals 3 October 2023
Science helps people speak again: A new study on brain and speech
Researchers from Radboud University and UMC Utrecht have done something amazing! They've figured out a way to change brain signals into spoken words that we can hear.
Kate Yakimchuk research brain Psychology 7 September 2023
Not all parrots can talk: Things that differ one parrot varieties from others
Lots of people assume that all parrots can talk - but it's a misconception. Not all parrots can talk because the ability to mimic and produce human speech involves a combination of genetic predisposition, cognitive abilities, social interactions, and environmental factors.
Kate Yakimchuk parrots birds nature Animals 31 August 2023
Speech is pretty musical: A new study on how our brain processes human speech
In a unique study at Albany Medical Center, neuroscientists set out to record brain activity while patients undergoing epilepsy surgery listened to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1." The aim was to capture brain regions attuned to various musical attributes like tone, rhythm, harmony, and words, and recreate what the patients were hearing.
Kate Yakimchuk research music brain Psychology 29 August 2023
Why apes can't talk: Intelligent, but physically incapable
Apes, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, have complex cognitive abilities and can communicate using various non-verbal methods. At the same time, they cannot speak in the same way humans do due to a combination of biological, anatomical, and cognitive factors.
Kate Yakimchuk wildlife apes nature facts Animals 20 August 2023
Intelligent birds can understand some words from human speech: Nature is amazing
Intelligent birds, such as parrots and some species of corvids, have demonstrated the ability to understand some words and phrases from human speech. These birds possess remarkable cognitive abilities and are known for their impressive vocal mimicry skills.
Kate Yakimchuk birds intelligence nature Animals 31 July 2023
Babies' Vocal Development: Boys Take the Lead
If you've noticed your son's babbling skills surpassing your daughter's, don't worry—it's all part of normal development, according to a recent study. Boys tend to be more talkative than girls when they're young, but then girls become more talkative as well.
Kate Yakimchuk babies development research intelligence Psychology 16 July 2023