Canadian researchers examined the brains of bird-watchers and found expertise could help cognitive health.
Bird watching can change your brain for the good.
Expert birders show denser brain tissue in attention and visual regions, suggesting the skill may help slow certain aspects ...
Expert birdwatchers have changes in their brain structure compared with novices, which probably help them better identify birds and may even protect against age-related cognitive decline ...
A new study in expert birders suggests that becoming an expert in a given field could help slow down cognitive decline.
Call somebody a “bird brain,” and you’re not delivering them a compliment. But as NOVA shows, birds turn out to have advanced problem-solving skills that we usually assume are unique to humans. Watch ...