In today’s episode, I review the neuroscience behind Language Processing and Birdsong. Using material presented in Brain Factspublished by the Society for Neuroscience, I talk about how our brain is able to make sense of speech sounds and some of the major brain regions involved with language processing.

My guest is Dr. Marc Schmidt, a Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences and the Co-Director of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program. His lab is broadly interested in understanding the neural mechanisms that underlie courtship display utilizing songbirds. 

Timestamps:

(00:00:00 - 00:00:55) - Intro

(00:00:56 - 00:07:34) - Language Processing (Ankit Only)

(00:07:35 - 01:17:44) - Conversation with Dr. Schmidt

(01:17:45 - 01:19:05) - Outro

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Hosted by @iAnkitChoudhury. Advised by Dr. Erik Herzog. Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay.