Animals
“Birdbrain” Turns from Insult to Praise
Some avian species use tools and can recognize themselves in the mirror. How do tiny brains pull off such big feats?
Stories by Onur Güntürkün
is a professor of biopsychology at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. He studies cognition and neuroscience in pigeons, humans, and other animals. Credit: Nick Higgins
