We've come a pretty long way since I first sat at the piano bench as a six-year-old kid. Gone (mostly) are the days of a matronly old lady rapping you on the knuckles, correcting your posture, and ...

However, while these learning processes are similar, the functions of speech and song are quite different. Human speech is complex and made up of many sounds that we use to convey an infinite number ...

In learning to communicate, a good teacher is essential. Take zebra finches, for example. Juveniles of the species learn songs directly from a tutor – usually their father – through a social ...

AbstractThat many species of songbirds learn their songs imitatively is well established, but it is less clear why they do so. A component of the developmental-stress hypothesis posits that young ...