Rats Know Rhythm of Dutch, Japanese
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Rats can use the rhythm of human language to tell the difference between Dutch and Japanese, researchers in Spain reported Sunday in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes.
Their study suggests that animals, especially mammals, evolved some of the skills underlying the use and development of language long before language itself evolved, the researchers said. It is the first time a creature other than a human or monkey has been shown to have this skill.
