/newsroom/taxonomy/term/21557/all en /newsroom/channels/news/power-face-time-insights-zebra-finch-courtship-358512 <p>A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development.</p> <p>ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û researchers discovered that zebra finches deprived of early social experiences could still form strong bonds with a partner later in life. Once placed into cohabitation with a male, females that had never heard a mating song before could quickly develop a preference for his melody.</p> Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:44:26 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314586 at /newsroom