The evolution of social timing

Physics of Life Reviews, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 46, С. 131 - 151

Опубликована: Июнь 19, 2023

Sociality and timing are tightly interrelated in human interaction as seen turn-taking or synchronised dance movements. also show communicative acts of other species that might be pleasurable, but necessary for survival. often co-occur, their shared phylogenetic trajectory is unknown: How, when, why did they become so linked? Answering these questions complicated by several constraints; include the use divergent operational definitions across fields species, focus on diverse mechanistic explanations (e.g., physiological, neural, cognitive), frequent adoption anthropocentric theories methodologies comparative research. These limitations hinder development an integrative framework evolutionary social make studies not fruitful could be. Here, we outline a theoretical empirical to test contrasting hypotheses evolution with species-appropriate paradigms consistent definitions. To facilitate future research, introduce initial set representative hypotheses. The proposed aims at building trees toward beyond crucial branch represented our own lineage. Given integration cross-species quantitative approaches, this research line lead integrated empirical-theoretical paradigm and, long-term goal, explain humans such socially coordinated animals.

Язык: Английский

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Strong individual distinctiveness across the vocal repertoire of a colonial seabird, the little auk, Alle alle

Animal Behaviour, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 210, С. 199 - 211

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Rhythmic Analysis in Animal Communication, Speech, and Music: The Normalized Pairwise Variability Index Is a Summary Statistic of Rhythm Ratios

Vibration, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 8(2), С. 12 - 12

Опубликована: Март 24, 2025

Rhythm is fundamental in many physical and biological systems. relevant to a broad range of phenomena across different fields, including animal bioacoustics, speech sciences, music cognition. As result, the interest developing consistent quantitative measures for cross-disciplinary rhythmic analysis growing. Two that can be directly applied any temporal structure are normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) rhythm ratios (rk). The nPVI summarizes overall isochrony sequence, i.e., how regularly spaced sequence’s events are, as single value. Meanwhile, rk quantifies between adjacent intervals often used identifying categories. Here, we show these two fundamentally connected: summary static values sequence. This result offers deeper understanding applied. It also opens door creating novel, custom quantify patterns based on distribution compare domains. explicit connection one further step towards common toolkit research disciplines.

Язык: Английский

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Bioacoustics and rhythm

Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 539 - 552

Опубликована: Май 22, 2025

Abstract Bioacoustics is an interdisciplinary science; it concerns aspects of communication through sound in animals, including humans. Within language evolution research, bioacoustics particularly relevant to address questions about the origins and speech. Areas research include perception production acoustic signals, their transmission environment, neural anatomical correlates that determine influence communication. Here, we review tools needed conduct from initial methodological choices instrument choice, based on critical features for data collection field. We discuss key recording processing raw a campaign. provide recommendations use signals. analysis techniques, focusing exclusively rhythm animal vocalizations. conclude by stressing potential multidisciplinary collaborations, highlighting areas where these collaborations could happen.

Язык: Английский

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thebeat: A Python package for working with rhythms and other temporal sequences

Behavior Research Methods, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 56(4), С. 3725 - 3736

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2024

thebeat is a Python package for working with temporal sequences and rhythms in the behavioral cognitive sciences, as well bioacoustics. It provides functionality creating experimental stimuli, visualizing analyzing data. Sequences, sounds, trials can be generated using single lines of code. contains functions calculating common rhythmic measures, such interval ratios, producing plots, circular histograms. saves researchers time when experiments, first steps collecting widely accepted methods use timing research. an open-source, on-going, collaborative project, extended specialized subfields. integrates easily existing ecosystem, allowing one to combine our tested code custom-made scripts. The was specifically designed useful both skilled novice programmers. foundation onto which additional built. This combination specificity plasticity should facilitate research multiple contexts fields study.

Язык: Английский

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A densely sampled and richly annotated acoustic data set from a wild bird population

Animal Behaviour, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 211, С. 111 - 122

Опубликована: Март 25, 2024

We present a high-resolution, densely sampled data set of wild bird songs collected over multiple years from single population great tits, Parus major, in the U.K. The includes 1 100 000 individual acoustic units 109 963 richly annotated songs, sung by more than 400 birds, and provides unprecedented detail on vocal behaviour birds. Here, we describe collection processing procedures provide summary data. also discuss potential research questions that can be addressed using this set, including behavioural repeatability stability, links between performance reproductive success, timing song production, syntactic organization production learning wild. have made associated software tools publicly available with aim other researchers benefit resource use it to further our understanding

Язык: Английский

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Cetaceans are the next frontier for vocal rhythm research

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 121(25)

Опубликована: Май 30, 2024

While rhythm can facilitate and enhance many aspects of behavior, its evolutionary trajectory in vocal communication systems remains enigmatic. We trace processes by investigating rhythmic abilities different species, but research to date has largely focused on songbirds primates. present evidence that cetaceans—whales, dolphins, porpoises—are a missing piece the puzzle for understanding why evolved systems. Cetaceans not only produce vocalizations also exhibit behaviors known or thought play role evolution features rhythm. These include learning abilities, advanced breathing control, sexually selected displays, prolonged mother–infant bonds, behavioral synchronization. The untapped comparative potential cetaceans is further enhanced high interspecific diversity, which generates natural ranges social complexity various hypotheses. show (particularly isochronous rhythm, when sounds are equally spaced time) prevalent cetacean used contexts baleen toothed whales. highlight key questions areas will rhythms across taxa. By coupling an infraorder-level taxonomic assessment production with comparisons other we illustrate how broadly contribute more nuanced prevalence, evolution, possible functions animal communication.

Язык: Английский

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A densely sampled and richly annotated acoustic dataset from a wild bird population

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июль 3, 2023

Abstract We present a high-resolution, densely-sampled dataset of wild bird songs collected over multiple years from single population Great Tits ( Parus major ) in the UK. The includes 1,100,000 individual acoustic units 109,963 richly annotated songs, sung by more than 400 birds, and provides unprecedented detail on vocal behaviour birds. Here, we describe data collection processing procedures provide summary data. also discuss potential research questions that can be addressed using this dataset, including behavioural repeatability stability, links between performance reproductive success, timing song production, syntactic organisation learning wild. have made associated software tools publicly available with aim other researchers benefit resource use it to further our understanding

Язык: Английский

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Isochronous rhythms: Facilitating song coordination across taxa?

Current Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 34(5), С. R201 - R203

Опубликована: Март 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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