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Primate Hearing and Communication (eBook)

Rolf M. Quam, Marissa A. Ramsier, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XVI, 231 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-59478-1 (ISBN)

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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.

The lead editor has published a number of articles in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals related to the functional morphology of the outer and middle ear in humans, primates and fossil hominins, and his ongoing research program centers on the study of the evolution of human hearing. The co-editor has published articles and contributed a book chapter on auditory sensitivity in primates and has an active research program focusing on primate bioacoustics.

Introduction.- Functional Anatomy of Sound Production & Reception in Primates.- Functional anatomy of sound production in primates.- The primate peripheral auditory system.- Neural processing, perception & psychoacoustics.- Primate auditory sensitivity.- Habitat Acoustics and Vocal Communication.- Habitat acoustics.- Modeling the origins of primate vocal communication: a comparative approach to nocturnal prosimians.- Vocal communication in “family-living”/pair-bonded primates.- Vocal communication in large social groups.- Evolution of hearing and language in humans.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.9.2017
Reihe/Serie	Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
Reihe/Serie	Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 231 p. 53 illus., 20 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
Schlagworte	auditory sensitivity • habitat acoustics • Neural processing • primate peripheral auditory system • primate vocal communication • sound production in primates
ISBN-10	3-319-59478-8 / 3319594788
ISBN-13	978-3-319-59478-1 / 9783319594781

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