Vocal production learning, the ability to modify the structure of vocalizations as a result of
hearing those of others, has been studied extensively in birds but less attention has been …

Humans communicate with small children in unusual and highly conspicuous ways (child-
directed communication (CDC)), which enhance social bonding and facilitate language …

Complex vocal learning, a critical component of human spoken language, has been
assumed to be associated with more-advanced cognitive abilities. Tests of this hypothesis …

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ABSTRACT A critical feature of language is that the form of words need not bear any
perceptual similarity to their function–these relationships can be 'arbitrary'. The capacity to …

Sociality and timing are tightly interrelated in human interaction as seen in turn-taking or
synchronised dance movements. Sociality and timing also show in communicative acts of …

Primates rarely learn new vocalizations, but they can learn to use their vocalizations in
different contexts. Such" vocal usage learning," particularly in vocal sequences, is a hallmark …

The interactions between species-specific predispositions and cultural plasticity in the
development of human musical behavior have recently become the rationale for a possible …

Vocal learning, the ability to produce modified vocalizations via learning from acoustic
signals, is a key trait in the evolution of speech. While extensively studied in songbirds …

Acquiring vocalizations by learning them from other individuals is only known from a limited
number of animal groups. For birds, oscine and some suboscine songbirds, parrots and …