Comparative analyses of speech and language converge on birds

作者:Beckers Gabriel J L*; Berwick Robert C; Bolhuis Johan J
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2014, 37(6): 547-548.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X13003956

摘要

Unlike nonhuman primates, thousands of bird species have articulatory capabilities that equal or surpass those of humans, and they develop their vocalizations through vocal imitation in a way that is very similar to how human infants learn to speak. An understanding of how speech mechanisms have evolved is therefore unlikely to yield key insights into how the human brain is special.

  • 出版日期2014-12
  • 单位MIT