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Experimental field studies with non-human primates

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Date
10/2014
Author
Zuberbuehler, Klaus
Keywords
Gibbons hylobates-muelleri
Alarm calls
Vervet monkeys
Wild chimpanzees
Playback experiments
Diana monkeys
Semantic communication
Vocal recognitiion
Japanese monkeys
Macaca-sylvanus
BF Psychology
RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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Abstract
One way to study language evolution is to compare human communication with closely related non-human primate species. This comparative approach has turned to be especially productive if subjects are studied under natural field conditions in which they have evolved. Various observation techniques have been developed, but field experiments are often needed to clarify underlying cause-effect relations. Here, I review the main experimental designs that are suitable for primate fieldwork and discuss some scientific advancements that they have generated. Field experiments are notoriously difficult to carry out for a range of reasons that are discussed. Nonetheless, considerable progress has been made in recent years, including with great apes, which have traditionally been neglected in experimental research in the wild.
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Zuberbuehler , K 2014 , ' Experimental field studies with non-human primates ' , Current Opinion in Neurobiology , vol. 28 , pp. 150-156 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.012
Publication
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.012
ISSN
0959-4388
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2014.04.004
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 283871.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5849

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