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Animal communication --- Primates --- Congresses.
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For at least 30 years, there have been close parallels between studies of birdsong development and those of the development of human language. Both song and language require species-specific stimulation at a sensitive period in development and subsequent practice through subsong and plastic song in birds and babbling in infant humans leading to the development of characteristic vocalisations for each species. This book illustrates how social interactions during development can shape vocal learning and extend the sensitive period beyond infancy and how social companions can induce flexibility even into adulthood. Social companions in a wide range of species including birds and humans but also cetaceans and nonhuman primates play important roles in shaping vocal production as well as the comprehension and appropriate usage of vocal communication. This book will be required reading for students and researchers interested in animal and human communication and its development.
Sound production by animals. --- Birdsongs. --- Language acquisition.
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We investigated cooperative problem solving in unrelated pairs of the cooperatively breeding cottontop tamarin, Saguinus oedipus, to assess the cognitive basis of cooperative behaviour in this species and to compare abilities with other apes and monkeys. A transparent apparatus was used that required extension of two handles at opposite ends of the apparatus for access to rewards. Resistance was applied to both handles so that two tamarins had to act simultaneously in order to receive rewards. In contrast to several previous studies of cooperation, both tamarins received rewards as a result of simultaneous pulling. The results from two experiments indicated that the cottontop tamarins (1) had a much higher success rate and efficiency of pulling than many of the other species previously studied, (2) adjusted pulling behaviour to the presence or absence of a partner, and (3) spontaneously developed sustained pulling techniques to solve the task. These findings suggest that cottontop tamarins understand the role of the partner in this cooperative task, a cognitive ability widely ascribed only to great apes. The cooperative social system of tamarins, the intuitive design of the apparatus, and the provision of rewards to both participants may explain the performance of the tamarins
Ability. --- Absence. --- Access. --- Behaviour. --- Breeding. --- Cognitive-ability. --- Design. --- Experiment. --- Experiments. --- Monkey. --- Monkeys. --- Oedipus. --- Performance. --- Primate. --- Provision. --- Resistance. --- Reward. --- Social. --- Success. --- System. --- Task.
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Het gaat over hechting, passie en toewijding. Over jaloezie, speeddates, ouderliefde, singles, echtscheiding en eeuwige liefde. Een caleidoscopisch inzicht, van Mexico tot China, van Afrika tot Lapland. Actuele kennis en wetenschap op mensenmaat vertaald door antropologen, psychologen, economen, seksuologen en neurowetenschappers.
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