Insightful string-pulling in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) is affected by vocal competence. Further evidence for addition and numerical competence by a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 128(3), 298-306. doi:10.1037/a0036205, Péron, F., Thornberg, L., Gross, B., Gray, S., & Pepperberg, I. M. (2014). I have spent too much time over the past few years acquiring books that sit unread on my shelves, both physical and virtual. (2016) Developmental plasticity and language: A comparative perspective. Dr. Irene Pepperberg is a Research Associate and lecturer at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. The Comparative Psychology of Intelligence: Some Thirty Years Later, Age and Species Comparisons of Visual Mental Manipulation Ability as Evidence for its Development and Evolution, Vocal communication in nonhuman animals: View from the wings, Piagetian liquid overconservation in grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus), Logical reasoning by a Grey parrot? The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. J. Comp. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120: 205-216. Pepperberg, C.T. To think that it all started in June 1977 when Alex was purchased by Pepperberg from a pet shop at the age of 12-13 months. (1997). Habl and Auersperg (PLoS One, 12(11):e0186859, 2017) have shown that some Goffin’s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) respond in... An understanding of Piagetian liquid conservation was investigated in four Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus), their ages ranging from initially less than 1 year old to 18 years old. Background Checks Griebel, U., Pepperberg, I.M., Oller, D.K. She has been a professor, researcher andor lecturer at multiple universities, and she is currently a research associate and lecturer at Harvard University. She has been a visiting associate professor at MIT's Media Lab, later accepting a research scientist position there, leaving a tenured professorship at the University of Arizona. Irene Maxine Pepperberg is a scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. Some researchers argue that nonhumans, lacking human language, possess only a simple understanding of small quantities, generally less than four. (2018d). Ordinality and inferential abilities of a Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus). excluding rote, meaningless, often involuntary mimetic behavior, e.g. Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Cart. Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior, L. Workman, W. Reader, & J. Barkow, eds.. Pepperberg, I.M (under review). University of Lleida & IRB Lleida Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement (LECD EA 3456), Department of Biology, Section for Ecology & Evolution. Anim. All In Avian Cognition, S. Healy & C. ten Cate (Eds. 83-89. I love you." (1992) Proficient performance of a conjunctive, recursive task by an African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus). View Irene Pepperberg’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Main conclusion: How studies of communication among nonhumans and between humans and nonhumans can inform SETI. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Without training, he inferred the relationship between the Arabic numeral... Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) have been shown to exhibit many complex cognitive and communicative abilities in a laboratory setting. Such measures of intelligence often imply the ability to choose the solution that human beings facing the same task would rationally choose. Irene Pepperberg. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Psychon Bull Rev. Psych. Ph.D., Chemical Physics, Harvard University, 1976 M.A., Chemistry, Harvard University, 1971 S.B., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969 Animal language studies: What happened? Twenty years ago, Irene Pepperberg set out to discover whether large-brained, highly social parrots were capable of mastering complex cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. Pepperberg, I.M. Proposed use of two-part interactive modeling as a means to increase functional skills in children with a variety of disabilities. I review Greys' physical capacities-issues of auditory perception and production-then discuss how these capacities are used in vocal learning and can be recruited for referential communication with humans. A comparative study of human and Grey parrot phonation: Acoustic and articulatory correlates of stop consonants. “Birdbrains” should not be ignored in studying the evolution of G. Commentary, Behav. Social influences on the acquisition of human-based codes in parrots and nonhuman primates. American Zoologist 40:893-901. This video tries to explain a study by Irene Pepperberg on Parrot learning (same/different). I apply his criteria for language readiness and language (in actuality, protolanguage) to the behavior of a Grey parrot (Psittacus (2013). (1999). Pepperberg, I.M. (2007a). Snowdon and M. Hausberger, eds., Cambridge. & Shive, H.A. Munoz Valeria 3-5-19 Block 1 Pepperberg Outline Psychology being investigated: acquisition of the same/different concept by non-human primates Background: Humans are not the only animals capable of making meaningful communication. When training engenders failure to imitate in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus), Grey parrot numerical competence: A review, Ordinality and inferential abilities of a grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), In Memoriam: Donald R. Griffin, 1915-2003, Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) numerical abilities: Addition and further experiments on a zero-like concept, Cognitive and communicative abilities of grey parrots. (2017d) Avian numerical cognition. Penn et al. Intelligent behavior is shaped by the abilities to store and manipulate information in visual working memory. He was, without explicit training, asked, "How many total X?" In a previous study (Péron et al. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior and Cognition, J. Vonk & T. Schackelford (Eds.). She is an adjunct professor of psychology at Brandeis University and a lecturer at Harvard University. (1991) Learning to communicate: The effects of social interaction. To what extent are manipulation limits unique to humans versus shared across species... Forty years ago, Seyfarth, Cheney, and Marler published two papers claiming semanticity for wild vervet monkey alarms calls. Culture may be an ancestral characteristic of terrestrial cetacean ancestors; not derived via marine variability, modern cetacean mobility, or any living cetacean social structure. Evidence for a form of mutual exclusivity during label acquisition by Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)? Submitted by Gitie on 3 May, 2013 - 14:41 . Amazon.com: Irene Pepperberg. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior and Cognition, J. Vonk & T. Schackelford (Eds.). She is studying the mechanisms of their learning as well as the outcomes. Although phylogenetically remote from humans, some birds—particularly Grey parrots—share many cognitive I refer to a number of avian studies, particularly in corvids and parrots, which would add breadth to the materia... A Grey parrot, Griffin (Psittacus erithacus), previously taught English labels for various colors and shapes with respect to three-dimensional (3D) stimuli, was tested on his ability to transfer to very different two-dimensional (2D) images consisting of modal and amodal completion stimuli. Psychonomics 61st Annual Meeting. The papers arrived at an extremely interesting and active time in the study of animal behavior—a period during which researchers, working both in the laboratory and the field, were trying to learn as much as possible about ma... Piagetian liquid overconservation was investigated in four grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus). 113:158-172. Pepperberg, I.M., & Sherman, D. (2000). Simultaneous development of vocal and physical object combinations by a Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus): Bottle caps, lids, and labels. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. She is also a lecturer and research associate at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA. Reply to Jaakkola (2014): “Do animals understand invisible displacement? Pepperberg, I.M. Allospecific vocal learning by grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus): A failure of videotaped instruction under certain conditions. argue for discontinuous evolution; they review many relevant papers but miss some that disagree with their stance. Psittacus erithacus) do not acquire referential English labels when tutored with videotapes (a) in social isolation (I. M. Pepperberg, 1994); (b) when reward for an attempted label is possible (I. M. Pepperberg, J. R. Naughton, & P. A. Banta, 1998); or (c) when trainers direct birds' attention to the video monitor (I. M. Pepperberg e... Kako (1999) requests new studies of linguistic continua between humans and nonhumans. Grey parrots do not always “parrot”: Phonological awareness and the creation of new labels from existing vocalizations. A peer-reviewed Essay on Contemporary Issues in Ethology, 89:1-28. Cornero, F.M., Harstfield, LA., & Pepperberg, I.M. (2017g). ... Alex & Me (Irene Pepperberg) 8. For some syndromes arising in childhood (e.g. Zentall (Eds), American Psychological Association Press, Pepperberg, I.M. 114:371-380. Animal language studies: what happened? Succes... Research has shown that some forms of inferential reasoning are likely widespread throughout the animal kingdom (e.g., exclusion, in which a subject infers the placement of a reward by eliminating potential alternative sites), but other types of inferential tasks have not been extensively tested. Before she began her studies with Alex, birds weren’t considered to be intelligent animals (on account of their walnut-sized brains). (2000). Training behavior by imitation: from parrots to people&to robots. (1994) Numerical competence in an African Grey parrot. The human capacity for music consists of certain core phenomena, including the tendency to entrain, or align movement, to an external auditory pulse [1-3]. Can Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) Succeed on a "Complex" Foraging Task Failed by Nonhuman Primates (Pan troglodytes, Pongo abelii, Sapajus apella) but Solved by Wrasse Fish (Labroides dimidiatus)? Piagetian liquid overconservation in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus). Call, I.M. Linking specific cognitive abilities of nonhuman species on a laboratory task to their evolutionary history-ecological niche can be a fruitful exercise in comparative psychology. Animal Cognition Anim Cogn, 15(4), 711-717. doi:10.1007/s10071-012-0470-5, Pepperberg, I.M., Carey, S. (2012). Numerical comprehension by a Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus), including a zero-like concept. in Anim Cogn, doi: 10.1007/s10071-012.05640 , 2012), Grey parrots, working in dyads, took turns choosing one of four differently coloured cups with differing outcomes: empty (null, non-rewarding), selfish (keeping reward for oneself), share (sharing a divisible reward), or giving (donating reward to other). Journal of Comparative Psychology. "I want X") succeeded, whereas birds who could request the s... Much of my research has been devoted to determining the cognitive and communicative abilities of Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus), but other companion animals and those in captivity in zoos also have considerable capacities that are often under-utilised in such settings. Most studies on the evolution of communication systems concentrate on the primate lineage, ignoring the concept of parallel Irene Pepperberg with Alex the parrot (Lamoureux, 2018) 3.5 Alex’s abilities. and Schinke-Llano, L. (1991). The play’s the thing: Initial evidence for eliciting contrafreeloading in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) via the opportunity for playful foraging. Beach Comparative Psychology Award, American Psychological Association, 2006, Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute, 2004, Nominee, Quest Award, Animal Behavior Society, 2001, Selby Fellow, Australian Academy of Sciences, 2000, Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1999, Fellow, American Ornithologists’ Union, 1998, Recipient, John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1996 (for calendar year 1997), Fellow, American Psychological Association, 1996, Alternate, Cattell Award for Psychology, 1996, Recipient, UA Parents’ Association, Advisor Award for Capstone Experiences, 1994, Nominee, UA Creative Teaching Award, 1994, Nominee, Professor of the Month Award, Nat’l Women’s History Month, 1994, Recipient, Professor of the Month Award, Nat’l Women’s History Month, 1993, Finalist, Five Star Faculty Award, U of A, 1992. Robust representation of shape in a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus). Infants as young as 17-months and some individuals of almost all species tested succeed. WALTHAM, MA (Sept. 10, 2007)—Alex, the world renowned African Grey parrot made famous by the ground-breaking cognition and communication research conducted by Brandeis scientist Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., died at the age of 31 on September 6, 2007. Patterson, D.K., Pepperberg, I.M., Story, B.H. (2019). All birds succeeded. The first replicated the Grey parrot study of Mikolasch, Kotrschal, and Schloegl (2011, African Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) use inference by exclusion to find hidden food. This revolutionary bird was the colleague and test subject of Dr. Irene Pepperberg for 30 years during her research into animal psychology—particularly that of birds. November 2020. Summary: Irene Pepperberg is 71 years old and was born on 04/01/1949. In his lifetime, Alex achieved many milestones in Dr. Pepperberg’s lab. Pepperberg, I.M. 15:138-153. http://www.lucs.lu.se/Abstracts/LUCS_Studies/LUCS85.html, Research Associate, Harvard University, 2005-present, Adjunct Associate Professor, Brandeis University, 2002-2013, Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2004-2005, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, 2001-2002, Visiting Associate Professor, The Media Lab, MIT, 1999-2000, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, January, 1991-2000, with joint appointment in Department of Psychology and as an Affiliate in the Program in Neuroscience, Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Northwestern, 1984-1991, Lecturer, Psychological Sciences, Purdue, Spring, 1982, Research Associate in Biology, Biological Sciences, Purdue, 1979-1984, Postdoctoral research in animal-human communication, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue, 1977-1979, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Chemistry, Harvard, July, 1976, Nominee, Exemplar Award, Animal Behavior Society, 2015, Recipient, Christopher Clavius, S.J. Pepperberg, I.M. J. Comp.  Lack of referential vocal learning from LCD video by Grey Parrots(Psittacus erithacus) Interaction Studies 5:75-97. Join Facebook to connect with Irene Pepperberg and others you may know. and Hoffman, E. (1997). (2018a). and communicative abilities with humans. The study of animal behavior, and particularly avian behavior, has advanced significantly in the past 50 years. Pseudonym for Irene Maxine Pepperberg.. Dr. Irene Pepperberg is an adjunct associate professor at the Dept. Cardinality. (1996). In APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology, J. 10.1037/com0000085. Pepperberg, I.M. Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple Vocal Mimicking Species. Demonstrations of nonhuman ability to share resources and reciprocate such sharing seem contingent upon the experimental paradigm used (note Horner et al. J. Choe, ed., Oxford, pp. Journal of Comparative Psychology. Irene Pepperberg was born in 1940s. Zentall (Eds), American Psychological Association Press, Pepperberg, I.M. Mechanisms of American English vowel production in a Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus). A critical review”. The main focus of her work is to determine the cognitive and communicative abilities of these birds, and compare their abilities with those of great apes, marine mammals, and young children. University students and faculty, institute members, and independent researchers, Technology or product developers, R&D specialists, and government or NGO employees in scientific roles, Health care professionals, including clinical researchers, Journalists, citizen scientists, or anyone interested in reading and discovering research. Pepperberg, I.M. Although humans and various non-human animals demonstrate similar storage capacities, the evolution of manipulation ability remains relatively unspecified. This chapter briefly reviews what is known-and what remains to be understood-about Grey parrot vocal learning. Indeed, the term “avian cognition“ was considered an oxymoron. Irene M Pepperberg Explaining the transition from nonhuman to human behavior is a major scientific problem. 96:634-648. Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 131:370-383. Four Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) were tested on their ability to obtain an item suspended from a string such that multiple, repeated, coordinated beak-foot actions were required for succ... Pepperberg received her S.B. Psychol. After re-reading Macphail’s (1987) essay “The Comparative Psychology of Intelligence” with all the associated commentaries, I was struck by how contemporary many of the arguments and counter-arguments still appear. (2019). Vocal learning in the Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus): Effect of species identity and number of trainers. J. Comp. Biology Letters, 7, 875-877), which in turn repli... Do humans and nonhumans share the ability to form abstract concepts? In Proceedings of the AISB 03 Second International Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, K. Dautenhan & C. Nehaniv, eds. (2017b). Bateson, eds., Plenum. Training behavior by imitation: From parrots to people … to robots? A brief description of an avian system provides one such example. J. Comp. Only verified researchers can join ResearchGate and send messages to other members. Grey parrots: Studies in avian cognition. Call, I.M. ), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Springer, Pepperberg, I.M. Grey parrots that have some referential use of English speech, however, allow for such comparative studies, as these birds can be tested just as are humans, by asking them to describe exactly what they have seen. Language acquisition and use in a bilingual environment: A framework for studying birdsong in zones of sympatry. Pepperberg, I.M. Irene Pepperberg Feature: What has Griffin the Grey parrot been up to? and McLaughlin, M.A. Some researchers studying nonhuman communication other than ape language have been using such an approach for decades. A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text. Symbolic communication in nonhumans. Snowdon, T.R. Irene Pepperberg is on Facebook. The authors evaluate evidence for general intelligence ( g ) in nonhumans but lean heavily toward mammalian data. Animal Sentience 21(3). and Meister, M. (1998). Pepperberg, I.M. (2017a). Furthermore, evidence for vocal behavior as culture, social stability, and cognitive ability, is richer in bi... Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) learn referential English labels when they view and interact with 2 humans who model vocal labeling and who demonstrate referentiality and functionality of a label (I.M. J. Snowdon, T.R. Pepperberg, I.M. Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) numerical abilities: addition and further experiments on a zero-like concept. Pepperberg, I.M., Sandefer, R.M., Noel, D., & Ellsworth, C.P. (2002). Photo – Mike Lovett, Brandeis University Photographer. Presence and degree of contrafreeloading in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus). Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2nd ed. ISBN-13: 9780061673986 Summary On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. Advances in Study of Behavior, P.J.B. Irene Maxine Pepperberg (born April 1, 1949) is a scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. The growing field of evo-devo is increasingly demonstrating the complexity of steps involved in genetic, intracellular regulatory, and extracellular environmental control of the development of phenotypes. Pepperberg, I.M. Psych. He had also been taught to use the same count words to label the Arabic numerals 1 through 6. Skip to main content. What is comparative psychology? Psych. (2014). A Practical Guide to Animal Cognition, N. Bueno & F. Amici, eds, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. In APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology, J. Discover what happ… J. Comp. 3033; ed. Join ResearchGate to find the people and research you need to help your work. Viewing communication as a dynamic system is laudable; arguing that the approach is novel is questionable. The extent to which humans and nonhumans share numerical competency is a matter of debate. Perspectives in Ethology, P.H. Grey parrots: Cognitive and communicative abilities. Irene Pepperberg studies Grey parrots. Patterson, D.K. Commentary on Chapman, C.A., & Huffman, M.A. Tool use in Goffin’s cockatoos: shape/frame matching. Pepperberg, I.M. Logical reasoning by a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)? erithacus) taught to commu... Four Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) were tested on their ability to obtain an item suspended from a string such that mutiple, repeated, coordinated beak-foot actions were required for success (e.g., Heinrich 1995). (2018). Clements, K., Gray, S.L., Gross, B., & Pepperberg, I.M. Pepperberg, I.M. Pepperberg also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Brain Sci, 40: e216. (2004b). In APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology, J. A key result of such work is an account for the remarkable plasticity of organismal form in many species based on relatively minor changes in reg... Delay of gratification, the ability to forgo an immediate reward to gain either better quality or quantity, has been used as a metric for temporal discounting, self-control, and the ability to plan for the future in both humans (particularly children) and nonhumans. Previous data suggested, but could not substantiate, this behaviour. (2001). Language Sciences 29: 1-13. Grey Parrot Studios LLC was founded by Arlene Levin-Rowe for the express purpose of producing Life with Alex: A Memoir. Here, such behaviour in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) was tested in two experiments, both designed to avoid possible issues involving apparatus complexity, vi... A Grey parrot, Griffin, previously taught English labels for various colors (red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple) and shapes (regular polygons labeled "1-", "2-", "3-", "4-", "6-", "8-corner"), was tested on modal and amodal completion. and Pepperberg, I.M. Pepperberg,I.M. Pepperberg, I.M., & Sherman, D.V. 's theories are based, and the likelihood of future studies providing additional informa... Alex, a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) who identifies the bigger or smaller of two objects by reporting its color or matter using a vocal English label and who states "none" if they do not differ in size, was presented with two-dimensional Müller-Lyer figures (Brentano form) in which the central lines were of contrasting colors. Shackelford (Eds. Being called a “bird brain” is generally taken as a derogatory comment on one's intellect, but research has shown that many avian species have abilities that rival those of mammals, nonhuman primates, and even humans. Irene Pepperberg currently lives in Swampscott, MA; in the past Irene has also lived in Tucson AZ. https://animalstudiesrepository.org/animsent/vol3/iss23/22/. Pepperberg, I.M. Behav. There has long been interest in non-human primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas and their abilities to talk to one another. Pepperberg, I.M. Pepperberg, I.M., and Lynn, S.K. Limited contextual vocal learning in the Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus): the effect of co-viewers on videotaped instruction. Pepperberg, C.T. Pepperberg, I.M. Cognitive and communicative abilities of Grey Parrots: Implications for the enrichment of many species. Reasoning by inference: Further studies on exclusion in grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus). (2000). The task involved can be parsed in several ways, such that the subjects can be requ... Jaakkola (2014) critiques studies that investigate nonhuman capacities to track objects undergoing invisible displacements. Learning & Behavior, 47:1-2. Irene Pepperberg, 2008 HarperCollins 240 pp. Pepperberg, C.T. Slater, J.S. Alex the Parrot. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. A two-trainer modeling system to engender social skills in children with disabilities. & Gordon, J.D. International Society for Optical Engineering. (2017c) Review of studies on visual perception in Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus: The Müller-Lyer illusion, modal and amodal completion. (1990). Proposed Use of Two-Part Interactive Modeling as a Means to Increase Functional Skills in Children With a Variety of Disabilities, Limited contextual vocal learning in the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus): The effect of interactive co-viewers on videotaped instruction, Rethinking syntax: A commentary on E. Kako’s “Elements of syntax in the systems of three language-trained animals”, Measurement of Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) trachea via magnetic resonance imaging, dissection, and electron beam computed tomography, Cross-Species Comparison of Contrafreeloading in Parrots, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Konrad-Lorenz-Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung. In the 1970s Irene Pepperberg was studying for her PhD at Harvard in theoretical chemistry but wasn’t really loving it. J. Comp Psychol.119: 197-209. Pepperberg, I.M. Delayed gratification: A grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) will wait for a better reward. An investigation into the cognitive capacities of an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus). In J. Vonk & T.K. To stay up-to-date on Dr. Pepperberg’s schedule of upcoming events, please check this page. Perception 37:765-781. This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought. Animal Behavior & Cognition, 4(3):378-395.Special issue on “Comparative Perception”. Interspecific communication. (e.g., closed classes) may not provide appropriate data, and that whether a particular species... To produce a model to explain the acoustic properties of human speech sounds produced by Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) and to compare these properties across species (e.g., with humans, other psittacine and nonpsittacine mimics), researchers need adequate measurements of the chambers that constitute the parrot vocal tract. Spontaneous Motor Entrainment to Music in Multiple vocal Mimicking species: I. 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