Recent research has shown that corvids have comparable cognitive abilities to primates and even human children. However, birds differ significantly from mammals in brain size and structure, making them an interesting but also important model organism for comparing cognitive abilities across species. Corvids learn their vocalizations form their parents and other tutors and do not lose the ability to learn or mimic sounds over their lives. Beside that very little is known about the vocal cognition and behavior of these birds.I will show initial evidence that corvid and human vocalizations share
ePoster · Neuroscience