Human speech reduces pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) feeding and resting at a Peruvian tourist site, with louder volumes decreasing visibility
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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22967
Abstract: Although potentially beneficial in terms of raising awareness and conservation funding, tourist visitation of wild primates can have negative impacts on visited groups. Tourism‐generated noise is a relatively understudied facet of ecotourism research, and the… read more here.
Keywords: cebuella pygmaea; speech; human speech; tourist ... See more keywords
Abstractness of human speech sound representations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146664
Abstract: We argue, based on a study of brain responses to speech sound differences in Japanese, that memory encoding of functional speech sounds-phonemes-are highly abstract. As an example, we provide evidence for a theory where the… read more here.
Keywords: speech sound; speech; human speech; abstractness human ... See more keywords
Analogies of human speech and bird song: From vocal learning behavior to its neural basis
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1100969
Abstract: Vocal learning is a complex acquired social behavior that has been found only in very few animals. The process of animal vocal learning requires the participation of sensorimotor function. By accepting external auditory input and… read more here.
Keywords: analogies human; learning behavior; vocal learning; learning ... See more keywords