A new study has debunked the common insult 'bird brain', revealing that birds actually possess surprisingly large and complex brains. Researchers in Australia and Canada, using digital scans of bird skulls, found a strong correlation between the size of the braincase and the volume of key brain regions associated with intelligence and coordination. This discovery opens up new possibilities for understanding the neuroanatomy of both living and extinct bird species.
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.“Bird brain” is often hurled at someone as an insult, but scientists have discovered that the brains of birds are so large that they are “practically a braincase with a beak”.
“This showed that the two correspond so closely that there is no need for the actual brain to estimate a bird’s brain proportions,” Aubrey Keirnan, the study’s lead author and a PhD student at Flinders University, said in a statement. “This allows us to digitally fill the brain cavity to get the brain’s imprint, also called an ‘endocast’,” said Weisbecker, an associate professor from Flinders University.
BIRDBRIANS NEUROANATOMY DIGITAL ENDOCASTS EXTINCT SPECIES EVOLUTION
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