Comments on “Comparing the productive vocabularies of Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) and young children”
Irene M. Pepperberg
Abstract:Roubalová et al. (Anim Cogn 27(45), 2024) have written an intriguing paper in which they compare the acquired human speech patterns of Grey parrots (
Psittacus erithacus
) raised as companion animals to those of typically developing human toddlers (
Homo sapiens
) predominantly raised by stay-at-home mothers; birds and humans were ostensibly matched for vocabulary size. The authors’ data collection and analyses are impressive and I applaud their efforts; however, I… Show more
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