Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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Pant-grunts in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): the vocal development of a social signal
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06-21) - ThesisWhile the gestural communication of apes is widely recognised as intentional and flexible, their vocal communication still remains considered as mostly genetically determined and emotionally bound. Trying to limit the ... -
Binocular vision and three-dimensional motion perception : the use of changing disparity and inter-ocular velocity differences
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the use of binocular information for motion-in-depth (MID) perception. There are at least two different types of binocular information available to the visual system from which to derive a perception ... -
Attention following and nonverbal referential communication in bonobos (Pan paniscus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06-22) - ThesisA central issue in the study of primate communication is the extent to which individuals adjust their behaviour to the attention and signals of others, and manipulate others’ attention to communicate about external events. ... -
Vocal communication in bonobos (Pan paniscus) : studies in the contexts of feeding and sex
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06) - ThesisDespite having being discovered nearly 80 years ago, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are still one of the least well understood of the great apes, largely remaining in the shadow of their better known cousins, the chimpanzees (Pan ... -
The vocalisations and anti-predatory behaviour of wild white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
(University of St Andrews, 2010) - ThesisThe loud songs of gibbons (Hylobatidae) usually consist of a duet by the mated pair delivered each morning. These songs can transmit over a kilometre through dense forest habitat and therefore presumably play a role in ...