What animal model provides the closest match to human vocalization? (Pete Howell )


Subject: What animal model provides the closest match to human vocalization?
From:    Pete Howell  <p.howell@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:33:00 +0000
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Birds and mice have been used in studies intended to establish how genetic mutations affect vocalization. It seems to me that neither of these produce sounds that are close to those that humans produce. I wondered whether members of the list have suggestions about what animal model provides the closest match to human vocalization and audition. In terms of vocalization, primates or whales/porpoises seem contenders, but few labs can provide facilities for these. Peter Howell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Psychology and Language Sciences University College London 26 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AP Direct line: 020 7 679 7566 Fax 020 7436 4276 ----------------------------------------------------------------------


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