Quam / Ramsier / Fay Primate Hearing and Communication

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-59478-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Reihe: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research

Highlights how variations in anatomical structures along the auditory pathway relate to variation in auditory sensitivity 
Describes newly-emergent research into how selective pressures such as ambient environmental acoustics have influenced the vocalizations produced and the propagation through the habitat 
Details how variation in vocal acoustics is related to anatomy

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quam, Rolf M.

Ramsier, Marissa A.

Fay, Richard R.

Popper, Arthur N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.