Developmental changes of cognitive vocal control in monkeys

Hage, Steffen R.; Gavrilov, Natalja; Nieder, Andreas

doi:10.1242/jeb.137653

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“…Campbell's monkeys, also a turn-taking species [68], sequence the sounds in their repertoire in a nonrandom way in different situations [69]. Rhesus monkeys have a juvenile period of volitional vocalizing, disappearing once adulthood is reached [70]. Apes show striking vocal learning abilities.…”

Section: Box 3 Evidence Of Vocal Learning Abilities In Species Outsimentioning

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Vocal learning: Beyond the continuum

Martins¹,

Boeckx²

2020

PLoS Biol

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Vocal learning is the ability to modify vocal output on the basis of experience. Traditionally, species have been classified as either displaying or lacking this ability. A recent proposal, the vocal learning continuum, recognizes the need to have a more nuanced view of this phenotype and abandon the yes-no dichotomy. However, it also limits vocal learning to production of novel calls through imitation, moreover subserved by a forebrain-to-phonatorymuscles circuit. We discuss its limitations regarding the characterization of vocal learning across species and argue for a more permissive view.

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Section: Box 3 Evidence Of Vocal Learning Abilities In Species Outsimentioning

confidence: 99%

Vocal learning: Beyond the continuum

Martins¹,

Boeckx²

2020

PLoS Biol

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“…In other respects, however, call production is more flexible. In laboratory experiments, call production, the timing of call delivery, and even the production of different call types can be conditioned through reinforcement (60)(61)(62). And, as illustrated by the studies of baboons, bonobos, and chimpanzees reviewed above, primates can give or withhold vocalizations depending on the presence, identity, or behavior of their audience, as well as their history of interaction with the audience or the audience's close associates.…”

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Flexible usage and social function in primate vocalizations

Cheney

Seyfarth

2018

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Vocalizations are a pervasive feature of nonhuman primate social life, yet we know surprisingly little about their function. We review studies supporting the hypothesis that many primate vocalizations function to facilitate social interactions by reducing uncertainty about the signaler's intentions and likely behavior. Such interactions help to establish and maintain the social bonds that increase reproductive success. Compared with humans, songbirds, and a few other mammals, primates have small vocal repertoires that show little acoustic modification during development. However, their ability to modify call usage is extensive and tuned to variation in the social context, including the historical relationship between caller and listener and the caller's assessment of how a listener is likely to respond. We suggest parallels between the decision to vocalize and neurophysiological studies of other, nonvocal social decisions between interacting monkeys. The selective factors driving the early stages of language evolution may have come from the need to make decisions about when and how to call within the context of social challenges.

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“…anterior cingulate gyrus) in monkeys have been connected to the learning of vocalizations in particular foodbased paradigms (Gemba et al, 1995), whether they are truly connected to the voluntary characteristic of vocal production or instead to the motivation to obtain the food reward remains unclear (Aboitiz et al, 2006;Liebal et al, 2014). More recent findings suggest that neurons in the prefrontal cortex mediate voluntary vocalizations in monkeys (Coudé et al, 2011;Hage and Nieder, 2013) although this control may disappear with age suggesting a different evolutionary pathway compared to humans (Hage et al, 2016).…”

Section: Vocal Communication: Productionmentioning

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A comparative neurological approach to emotional expressions in primate vocalizations

Gruber

Grandjean

2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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a b s t r a c tDifferent approaches from different research domains have crystallized debate over primate emotional processing and vocalizations in recent decades. On one side, researchers disagree about whether emotional states or processes in animals truly compare to those in humans. On the other, a long-held assumption is that primate vocalizations are innate communicative signals over which nonhuman primates have limited control and a mirror of the emotional state of the individuals producing them, despite growing evidence of intentional production for some vocalizations. Our goal is to connect both sides of the discussion in deciphering how the emotional content of primate calls compares with emotional vocal signals in humans. We focus particularly on neural bases of primate emotions and vocalizations to identify cerebral structures underlying emotion, vocal production, and comprehension in primates, and discuss whether particular structures or neuronal networks solely evolved for specific functions in the human brain. Finally, we propose a model to classify emotional vocalizations in primates according to four dimensions (learning, control, emotional, meaning) to allow comparing calls across species.

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Developmental changes of cognitive vocal control in monkeys

Cited by 33 publications

References 36 publications

Vocal learning: Beyond the continuum

Vocal learning: Beyond the continuum

Flexible usage and social function in primate vocalizations

A comparative neurological approach to emotional expressions in primate vocalizations

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