Pigeons Can Tell a Picasso from a Monet, According to Neuroscientists Erich Jarvis and Lauren Riters

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“Birdbrain” shouldn’t be an insult. Bird behavior is far too complex to result from a simple mind—pigeons can even tell a Picasso from a Monet!

In this episode of Scientific Controversies, Director of Sciences Janna Levin talks to Professor Erich Jarvis and Professor Lauren Riters about the fascinating neuroscience behind bird language, vocal learning, and flocking. Together, they unravel what bird brains are really capable of, and all that bird communities might reveal about our own.

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This project is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.