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Atypical birdsong and artificial languages provide insights into how communication systems are shaped by learning, use, and transmission

In this article, I argue that a comparative approach focusing on the cognitive capacities and behavioral mechanisms that underlie vocal learning in songbirds and humans can provide valuable insights into the evolutionary origins of language. The experimental approaches I discuss use abnormal song an...

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Autor principal: Fehér, Olga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27439502
http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1107-5