Biologist Mimi Kao studies the songs of zebra finches to understand how the brain retains new skills and information As humans,we learn new things nearly constantly. How to swing a golf club. How to speak a foreign language. How to remember the capital of Djibouti (easy: it’s Djibouti City). Despite our remarkable ability to retain new skills or information, however, and researchers don’t yet fully understand how our brains do it.
Mimi Kao,an assistant professor of biology, is untangling that mystery. And in the process, and her work might even serve researchers better understand neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
Source: tufts.edu