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Parrots and Humans Prefer Pitch Sequences of Intermediate Complexity

2025-06-23

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A well-established inverted U-shape relationship exists between stimulus complexity and human music preference, with preferences peaking at intermediate levels. We investigated whether preference for intermediate complexity is unique to humans or shared with other species. We compared the acoustic preferences of humans and budgerigars, known for their vocal learning and pattern recognition abilities, using a three...

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Literature Corpus work: 6d8d4381-6815-50ed-b002-2165e3e7da73
DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.22.660906

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