Primate Hearing And Communication

Author : Rolf M. Quam,Marissa A. Ramsier,Richard R. Fay,Arthur N. Popper
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319594781

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Primate Hearing and Communication by Rolf M. Quam,Marissa A. Ramsier,Richard R. Fay,Arthur N. Popper Pdf

Presents a comprehensive review of nonhuman primate audition and vocal communication. These are obviously intimately related topics, but are often addressed separately. The hearing abilities of primates have been tested experimentally in a large number of species across the primate order, and these studies have revealed both consistent patterns as well as interesting variation within and between taxonomic groups. Recent studies have shed light on how variation in anatomical structures along the auditory pathway relates to variation in auditory sensitivity. At the same time, ongoing studies of vocal communication in wild primate populations continue to reveal new insights into the social and environmental contexts of many primate calls, and the range of known primate vocalizations has increased dramatically with the development of more sophisticated and accessible auditory equipment and software that enables the recording and analysis of higher-fidelity and broader-band recordings, including documenting very high frequency (i.e. ultrasound) vocalizations. Historically the relative importance of primate calls has been evaluated qualitatively by the perception of the researcher, but new methods and approaches now enable a greater appreciation for how signals are used and perceived by the primates in question. The integration of anatomical and behavioral data on acoustic communication and the environmental correlates thereof has significant potential for reconstructing behavior in the fossil record. This confluence of factors and accumulating evidence for the sophistication and complexity in both the signal and its interpretation indicate that a book synthesizing this information across primates is warranted and represents an important contribution to the literature.

Author : Dietmar Todt,Philipp Goedeking,David Symmes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642737695

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Primate Vocal Communication by Dietmar Todt,Philipp Goedeking,David Symmes Pdf

Communication is both a prerequisite and manifestation of social organization and in this sense several chapters of this volume are aimed to investigate the way vocal communication serves its ultimate function of maintaining social organization. Although manifold parallels exist to vocal communication in birds, additional mechanisms of vocalization are found in primates. Treating the various psychological, ecological, behavioral, and neurobiological aspects of vocalization this book provides an interdisciplinary approach for the understanding of biocommunication in primates including humans. Conceptual as well as methodological considerations are given in a balanced way. The addition of a comprehensive glossary gives an overview also to nonspecialists in this field.

Author : U. Jürgens,J. Newman,E. Zimmermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475799309

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Current Topics in Primate Vocal Communication by U. Jürgens,J. Newman,E. Zimmermann Pdf

More than 25 years ago, the first major review of primate communication appeared (Altmann, 1967). Since then, information on the communicative abilities of primates increased rapidly, resulting, 15 years later, in the appearance of the first volume in which signaling systems were analyzed in a broader variety of primate groups within an evolutionary perspective (Snowdon, Brown and Petersen, 1982). Seven years later, the first volume dedicated solely to primate vocal communication appeared (Todt, Goedeking and Symmes, 1988) and another four years later a volume followed in which nonverbal vocal communication in non-human primates and human infants was compared (Papousek, Jurgens and Papousek, 1992). None of these volumes, however, provided information about current technical advances in the field of bioacoustics, especially in digital sound analyzing systems, which offer primatologists, anthropologists and linguists nowadays a variety of rapid methods for analyzing human speech and non-human primate vocalizations in a quantitative and comparative way. Choosing the right method is difficult if a synopsis of these tools is lacking. Furthermore, information was particularly lacking on the natural signaling systems of two important primate groups, the prosimians and the apes. Likewise, new and unexpected insights into the ontogeny and evolution of vocal communication were gained during the past few years by the use of highly sophisticated sound analysis and statistical techniques.

Author : Charles T. Snowdon,Charles H. Brown,Michael R. Petersen
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521246903

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Primate Communication by Charles T. Snowdon,Charles H. Brown,Michael R. Petersen Pdf

Author : Katja Liebal,Bridget M. Waller,Katie E. Slocombe,Anne M. Burrows
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521195041

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Primate Communication by Katja Liebal,Bridget M. Waller,Katie E. Slocombe,Anne M. Burrows Pdf

Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution.

Author : Horest Steklis
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323155205

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Neurobiology of Social Communication In Primates by Horest Steklis Pdf

Neurobiology of Social Communication in Primates: An Evolutionary Perspective presents evidence on the neural basis of communicative behavior in primates, reevaluating the relationship between human language and animal communication in view of the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees. This book consists of 10 chapters. Chapter 1 discusses some of the persistent problems in evolutionary neurobiology of primate communication. The effects of brain lesions and stimulation on vocalization in New and Old World monkeys, relation between species differences in peripheral vocal structures and species contrasts in vocal performance, and anatomy and physiology of the nonhuman primate auditory system are reviewed in Chapters 2 to 4. Chapters 5 to 7 examine the effects of electrical brain stimulation on human verbal communication and facial expression, clinical data pertaining to language pathologies, and neural mechanisms of manual and oral control. The last three chapters summarize the materials presented in earlier chapters. This publication is recommended for neuroscientists, behavioral biologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and students interested in the evolutionary heritage of human speech and language.

Author : Dietmar Todt,Philipp Goedeking,David Symmes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1988-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540193553

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Primate Vocal Communication by Dietmar Todt,Philipp Goedeking,David Symmes Pdf

Communication is both a prerequisite and manifestation of social organization and in this sense several chapters of this volume are aimed to investigate the way vocal communication serves its ultimate function of maintaining social organization. Although manifold parallels exist to vocal communication in birds, additional mechanisms of vocalization are found in primates. Treating the various psychological, ecological, behavioral, and neurobiological aspects of vocalization this book provides an interdisciplinary approach for the understanding of biocommunication in primates including humans. Conceptual as well as methodological considerations are given in a balanced way. The addition of a comprehensive glossary gives an overview also to nonspecialists in this field.

Author : Josep Call,Michael Tomasello
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000149555

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The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys by Josep Call,Michael Tomasello Pdf

The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys is an intriguing compilation of naturalistic and experimental research conducted over the course of 20 years on gestural communication in primates, as well as a comparison to what is known about the vocal communication of nonhuman primates. The editors also make systematic comparisons to the gestural communication of prelinguistic and just-linguistic human children. An enlightening exploration unfolds into what may represent the starting point for the evolution of human communication and language. This especially significant read is organized into nine chapters that discuss: *the gestural repertoire of chimpanzees; *gestures in orangutans, subadult gorillas, and siamangs; *gestural communication in Barbary macaques; and *a comparison of the gestures of apes and monkeys. This book will appeal to psychologists, anthropologists, and linguists interested in the evolutionary origins of language and/or gestures, as well as to all primatologists. A CD insert offers video of gestures for each of the species.

Author : Louis-Jean Boë,Joël Fagot,Pascal Perrier,Jean-Luc Schwartz
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3631738072

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Origins of Human Language: Continuities and Discontinuities with Nonhuman Primates by Louis-Jean Boë,Joël Fagot,Pascal Perrier,Jean-Luc Schwartz Pdf

This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of perspectives on the origins of language, including a fine description of vocal communication in animals, mainly in monkeys and apes, but also in birds, the study of vocal tract anatomy and cortical control of the vocal productions in monkeys and apes, the description of combinatory structures and their social and communicative value, and the exploration of the cognitive environment in which language may have emerged from nonhuman primate vocal or gestural communication.

Author : Katja Liebal,Cornelia Müller,Simone Pika
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027291868

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Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates by Katja Liebal,Cornelia Müller,Simone Pika Pdf

Research into gestures represents a multifaceted field comprising a wide range of disciplines and research topics, varying methods and approaches, and even different species such as humans, apes and monkeys. The aim of this volume (originally published as a Special Issue of Gesture 5:1/2 (2005)) is to bring together the research in gestural communication in both nonhuman and human primates and to explore the potential of a comparative approach and its contribution to the question of an evolutionary scenario in which gestures play a significant role. The topics covered include the spontaneous natural gesture use in social groups of apes and monkeys, but also during interactions with humans, gestures of preverbal children and their interaction with language, speech-accompanying gestures in humans as well as the use of sign-language in human and nonhuman great apes. It addresses researchers with a background in Psychology, Primatology, Linguistics, and Anthropology, but it might also function as an introduction and a documentation state of the art for a wider less specialised audience which is fascinated by the role gestures might have played in the evolution of human language.

Author : Charles Noback
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468424843

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Sensory Systems of Primates by Charles Noback Pdf

Primates are avid explorers that utilize a variety of sensory clues from the environment. The special senses of olfaction, audition, and particu larly vision are thus of paramount significance in the evolution and adaptive radiation of the primates. It was with this in mind that this volume was planned to present some recent research advances. The chapter on olfactory communication among primates affords new insights concerning a sense which, though primatologists have generally relegated it to a minor role, is of considerable significance in the primates. The chapters on the auditory system are organized to stress three aspects: the receptive organ, the neural pathways, and the role of audition in primate communication. The visual system, the dominant special sense of primates, is analyzed with respect to two regions of the brain, namely, the organization of the superior colliculus and the visual cortex. Finally, the chapter on endocasts in the study of primate brain evolution will alert neurobiologists to the relevant information that can be unearthed from fossils embedded in the terrane. I wish to thank the publishers, and especially Miss Phyllis Straw and Mr. Seymour Weingarten, for their support, patience, guidance, and professional assistance.

Author : H. Papousek,U. Jürgens,Mechthild Papoušek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992-05-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 052141265X

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Nonverbal Vocal Communication by H. Papousek,U. Jürgens,Mechthild Papoušek Pdf

In this book specialists from several disciplines review the present knowledge on neural substrates of vocal communication.

Author : Asif A. Ghazanfar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781420041224

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Primate Audition by Asif A. Ghazanfar Pdf

Like speech, the species-specific vocalizations or calls of non-human primates mediate social interactions, convey important emotional information, and in some cases refer to objects and events in the caller's environment. These functional similarities suggest that the selective pressures which shaped primate vocal communication are similar to thos

Author : Eckart Altenmüller,Sabine Schmidt,Elke Zimmermann
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191506246

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The Evolution of Emotional Communication by Eckart Altenmüller,Sabine Schmidt,Elke Zimmermann Pdf

Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat? Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. Are there universal principles governing our own communication system? Can we even see how close animals are related to us by constructing an evolutionary tree based on similarities and dissimilarities in acoustic signaling? Research on the role of emotions in acoustic communication and its evolution has often been neglected, despite its obvious role in our daily life. When we infect others with our laugh, soothe a crying baby with a lullaby, or get goose bumps listening to classical music, we are barely aware of the complex processes upon which this behavior is based. It is not facial expressions or body language that are affecting us, but sound. They are present in music and speech as "emotional prosody" and allow us to communicate not only verbally but also emotionally. This groundbreaking book presents a thorough exploration into how acoustically conveyed emotions are generated and processed in both animals and man. It is the first volume to bridge the gap between research in the acoustic communication of emotions in humans with those in animals, using a comparative approach. With the communication of emotions being an important research topic for a range of scientific fields, this book is valuable for those in the fields of animal behaviour, anthropology, evolutionary biology, human psychology, linguistics, musicology, and neurology.

Author : Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431094227

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Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior by Tetsuro Matsuzawa Pdf

Biologists and anthropologists in Japan have played a crucial role in the development of primatology as a scientific discipline. Publication of Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior under the editorship of Tetsuro Matsuzawa reaffirms the pervasive and creative role played by the intellectual descendants of Kinji Imanishi and Junichiro Itani in the fields of behavioral ecology, psychology, and cognitive science. Matsuzawa and his colleagues-humans and other primate partners- explore a broad range of issues including the phylogeny of perception and cognition; the origin of human speech; learning and memory; recognition of self, others, and species; society and social interaction; and culture. With data from field and laboratory studies of more than 90 primate species and of more than 50 years of long-term research, the intellectual breadth represented in this volume makes it a major contribution to comparative cognitive science and to current views on the origin of the mind and behavior of humans.