Meaning, intention, and inference in primate vocal communication
Meaning, intention, and inference in primate vocal communication
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DOI：
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.10.014
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发表时间：
2017-11-01
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8.2
通讯作者：
Price, Tabitha
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作者：
Fischer, Julia;Price, Tabitha
言语进化研究中的两个核心问题是，非人类灵长类动物的信号是否应该被视为参考信号，以及社会认知在灵长类动物交流中的作用。目前的证据表明，灵长类动物发声的结构在很大程度上是先天的，与呼叫者的情感/动机状态有关，特定事件和呼叫之间存在概率和欠确定的关系。此外，非人灵长类动物似乎不会表达或理解交流或信息意图，这与缺乏对他人的精神状态归因是一致的。我们认为，非人灵长类动物的发声，以及手势应最好被视为目标导向，信号是敏感的信号和接收器的反应之间的关系。接收者反过来使用信号来预测信号者的行为。结合它们整合来自多个来源的信息的能力，这使得系统作为一个整体相对强大，尽管在发送者或接收者方面缺乏高阶意向性。(C)2016作者爱思唯尔有限公司出版
Two core questions in the study of speech evolution are whether nonhuman primate signals should be conceived as referential, and what the role of social cognition is in primate communication. Current evidence suggests that the structure of primate vocalizations is largely innate and related to the affective/motivational state of the caller, with a probabilistic and underdetermined relationship between specific events and calls. Moreover, nonhuman primates do not appear to express or comprehend communicative or informative intent, which is in line with a lack of mental state attribution to others. We argue that nonhuman primate vocalizations as well as gestures should be best conceived as goal-directed, where signallers are sensitive to the relation between their signalling and receivers' responses. Receivers in turn use signals to predict signaller behaviour. In combination with their ability to integrate information from multiple sources, this renders the system as a whole relatively powerful, despite the lack of higher-order intentionality on the side of sender or receiver. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.