Language: Your Connection to Others
magine what it would be like if you couldn’t communicate with others. Language is a critical aspect of our lives, and it may be one of the oldest academic pursuits…
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Speech
How Humans Speak and Mice Learn: The Widespread Effects of FOXP2
rom bird songs to frog ribbits, animals engage in countless forms of vocalization. However, no other species in the animal kingdom matches humans in complexity of language. The versatility of…
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How a mother’s voice shapes her baby’s developing brain
It is no surprise that a child prefers its mother’s voice to those of strangers. Beginning in the womb, a fetus’s developing auditory pathways sense the sounds and vibrations of…
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What Can Songbirds Teach Us About Ourselves?
In my last post, “Vocal Practice is for the Birds” examined one similarity between human and songbird procedural learning: the necessity for practice before performance. Zebra finches sing a series…
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