Territorial raven pairs are sensitive to structural changes in simulated acoustic displays of conspecifics

Human language involves combining items into meaningful, syntactically structured wholes. The evolutionary origin of syntactic abilities has been investigated by testing pattern perception capacities in nonhuman animals. New World primates can respond spontaneously to structural changes in acoustic...

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Main Authors: Reber, Stephan A., Boeckle, Markus, Szipl, Georgine, Janisch, Judith, Bugnyar, Thomas, Fitch, W. Tecumseh
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907634/