Interruptibility of long call production in tamarins: Implications for vocal control

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2629-2639

  Miller, Cory T ^a   Flusberg, Stephen ^b   Hauser, Marc D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory stimulus; Combination long call; Interruption; Saguinus oedipus; Tamarin; Vocal control; Vocal production

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SAGUINUS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PASSERI; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS;

EID: 0042427655     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00458     Document Type: Article

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