Primate vocal and gestural communication
Primate vocal and gestural communication
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灵长类动物的声音和手势交流
DOI：
10.7551/mitpress/1885.003.0041
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
K. Zuberbühler
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作者：
M. Tomasello;K. Zuberbühler
研究动物认知的一种方法是研究社会交流行为。在最广泛的定义中，许多沟通行为并不涉及复杂的认知过程，因为它们只是社交场合中的无意识行为反应或情感表现。但尤其是在灵长类动物中，有许多交流行为显然涉及复杂的认知过程，因为它们无疑是“灵活的行为适应，个体有机体根据心理表征做出明智的选择”（Tomasello and Call，1997，第12页）。在这里，我们回顾-非常示意性的-目前已知的认知过程中涉及灵长类动物的沟通。基于上述定义，我们关注两个关键方面：（1）个体使用其交际信号的灵活性;（2）可能构成这种信号使用的心理表征。我们首先回顾了主要涉及猴子的声音交流，然后是主要涉及猿类的手势交流。
One way to investigate animal cognition is to investigate acts of social communication. In the broadest definition of the term, many acts of communication do not involve complex cognitive processes, since they are simply involuntary behavioral reactions or emotional displays in social situations. But especially in the case of primates, there are many acts of communication that clearly do involve complex cognitive processes, since they are undoubtedly "flexible behavioral adaptations in which individual organisms make informed choices based on mental representations" (Tomasello and Call 1997, p. 12). Here we review -very schematically -what is currently known about the cognitive processes involved in primate communication. Based on the above definition, we focus on two key aspects: (1) the flexibility with which individuals use their communicative signals; and (2) the mental representations that might underlie this signal use. We review findings first for vocal communication, which mostly involve monkeys, and then for gestural communication, which mostly involve apes.