Parrots struggle when told to do something other than mimic their peers

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When it comes to meaningless gestures, macaws try to follow the crowd.

This could mean that macaws possess mirror neurons, the same neurons that, in humans, fire when we are watching intransitive movements and cause us to imitate them (at least if these neurons function the way some think they do).

There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions that have a purpose.

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Author / Journalist: Elizabeth Rayne

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Topics: Animal behavior Biology Science Parrots Behavioral science

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Published On: 2025-02-06 @ 19:24:37 (12 hours ago)

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