{"id":64,"date":"2018-07-18T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/SMNBElab\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2018-08-24T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T23:24:07","slug":"media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/media\/","title":{"rendered":"Wylie Lab in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 2018<\/h3>\n

The Expansion of the Medial Spiriform Nucleus in Parrots is Related to Intelligence<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gutierrez-Ibanez C, Iwaniuk AN, Wylie DR (2018) Expansion of a pretectal telencephalon-cerebellum relay nucleus in parrots mirrors the evolution of an analogous pathway in primates. Scientific Reports 8:<\/strong>9960. <\/strong>doi:10.1038\/s41598-018-28301-4.<\/p>\n

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This paper received a tremendous amount of attention in the press. It picked up by more than 50 news agencies (online and print) in several different languages.<\/p>\n

TORONTO STAR: No bird brains: Intelligence study from the University of Alberta sheds light on brain function of parrots.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CBC NEWS: Alberta neuroscientists identify what makes parrots not so bird-brained<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CBC NEWS: Parrot’s unique brain structure explains why they’re so smart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESPANA: Descubierto el secreto de la inteligencia de los loros<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SMITHSONIAN: Unique Brain Circuitry Might Explain Why Parrots Are So Smart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FORBES: What Makes Parrots So Intelligent?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CBC RADIO-CANADA: Le secret de l\u2019intelligence du perroquet expliqu\u00e9<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

GIZMODO: This Brain Part Could Explain Why Parrots Are so Much Smarter Than Other<\/a> Birds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

UALBERTA FOLIO: Neuroscientists uncover secret to intelligence in parrots<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cristian was interviewed on the on the radio for CBC’s\u00a0Quirks and Quarks<\/a><\/strong>, CBC’s RadioActive, and the Ryan Jespersen Show (630 CHED)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jan 2018<\/h3>\n

The Unique Processing of Optic Flow in the Hummingbird Brain<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gaede AH, Goller B, Lam JPM, Wylie DR, Altshuler DL (2017) Neurons responsive to global visual motion have unique tuning properties in hummingbirds. Current Biology 27:<\/strong>279\u2013285.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This paper was highlighted by several venues in the scientific and popular media.<\/p>\n

on CBC Radio; Quirks and Quarks<\/a><\/p>\n

Unique Visual Processing Allows Hummingbirds to Hover<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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July 2018 The Expansion of the Medial Spiriform Nucleus in Parrots is Related to Intelligence Gutierrez-Ibanez C, Iwaniuk AN, Wylie DR (2018) Expansion of a pretectal telencephalon-cerebellum relay nucleus in parrots mirrors the evolution of an analogous pathway in primates. Scientific Reports 8:9960. doi:10.1038\/s41598-018-28301-4. This paper received a tremendous amount of attention in the press. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/CaBEL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}