SPECIES-SPECIFIC PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING OF VOCAL SOUNDS BY MONKEYS

被引:73
作者
ZOLOTH, SR
PETERSEN, MR
BEECHER, MD
GREEN, S
MARLER, P
MOODY, DB
STEBBINS, W
机构
[1] INDIANA UNIV,DEPT PSYCHOL,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47401
[2] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT PSYCHOL,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[3] UNIV MIAMI,DEPT BIOL,CORAL GABLES,FL 33124
[4] UNIV MICHIGAN,KRESGE HEARING RES INST,PRIMATE LAB,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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D O I
10.1126/science.108805
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Monkeys of four species were trained to discriminate between sets of natural tonal calls of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) by the position of a frequency-inflection peak or by initial pitch. The Japanese macaques consistently performed best on peak position and the other species on pitch. The results imply special strategies for perceptual processing of vocal sounds and suggest parallels with human speech perception. Copyright © AAAS.
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页码:870 / 873
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