Entries Tagged as ‘Birding’

December 26, 2007

Birds, training, and neuroscience

Songbirds Offer Clues To Highly Practiced Motor Skills In Humans

ScienceDaily (2007-12-27) — The melodious sound of a songbird may appear effortless, but his elocutions are actually the result of rigorous training undergone in youth and maintained throughout adulthood. His tune has virtually “crystallized” by maturity. The same control is seen in the motor performance of [...]