Scientists have discovered that the brains of humans and birds are too similar

Working memory is the ability of the brain to process information for a short period of time in a recoverable state

The eLife magazine reported on this research

The study of avian brains complements existing models

The capacity of working memory is limited

Hahn works in the psychology department of Professor Jonas Rose, specializing in the neural basis of cognition in the bird brain

Experiment design from macaque to crow

In order to do this, scientists in Bochum observed crows at the School of Psychology in Bochum

While the crow completed this task, the scientists recorded neuronal activity in the brain region corresponding to the prefrontal cortex of the mammal’s cognitive center

Although the brain structure is different, the mechanism is the same

Lukas Hahn: "The similarity between distant relatives of bird and mammalian species confirms the existing core view about the limits of working memory

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