Complex vocal interaction

声音信号的协调交换（“声音互动”）是人类和其他动物交流的关键形式。我的研究项目的长期目标是理解构成复杂声音互动的行为。对动物模型的研究揭示了控制声音互动的认知规则。我之前的工作阐明了鸟类二重唱的结构规则。我现在研究“对唱”，这是一种更复杂的鸟类声音互动形式，在这种互动中，邻近的领地所有者会进行声音互动。我建议在阿德莱德的莺模型系统的声音相互作用的综合研究方案。这项工作补充了我正在进行的一项平行研究，即在多种物种和环境中形成声音互动规则的决策过程。***短期目标数据采集和处理技术的进步允许获取更大的数据集，这就需要新的分析工具。我将开发免费的软件工具来分析作为过渡网络的连续事件。* * * 2。描述是理解复杂系统必不可少的第一步。我将记录逆唱的鸟类，并使用过渡网络以前所未有的细节和整体水平描述它们的相互作用。为了从描述转向预测、机制和功能，我们必须描述支配个体行为的认知规则。我将使用过渡网络和其他方法来模拟控制声音交互的规则。鸟类鸣叫的主要功能是吸引配偶和保卫领地。对唱的功能解释一直关注于地域功能。我将测试一个新的基于网络的框架，在这个框架中，反唱的男性通过利用女性的认知偏见来影响女性的选择。***总结与影响***正如鸟类鸣叫是语言发展和控制的模型一样，鸟类的声音互动也可以作为互动交流的模型。本提案中描述的工作为对话和其他形式的互动交流的认知、神经内分泌和遗传基础的研究奠定了基础。潜在的长期应用包括通信、人工智能和医学方面的进步（例如，自闭症和其他影响声音互动的疾病的诊断和治疗）。将开发和免费提供的研究工具将促进对顺序数据和各种相互作用的研究。替代信号策略框架在驱动信号系统走向“诚实”的自适应过程与限制人类和其他动物理性选择的近似约束之间提供了一座概念桥梁。这项研究将培养三名研究生和几名本科生。********

The coordinated exchange of vocal signals (`vocal interaction') is a key form of communication in humans and other animals. The long-term objective of my research program is to understand the behaviours that structure complex vocal interactions. Research on animal models reveals insights into the cognitive rules that govern vocal interaction. My previous work elucidated the rules that structure vocal duets in birds. I now study `countersinging', a more complex form of avian vocal interaction in which neighbouring territory holders interact vocally. I propose a comprehensive program of research on vocal interaction in the Adelaide's warbler model system. This work compliments a parallel line of research I am conducting on the decision processes that shape vocal interaction rules across multiple species and contexts.***Short term objectives***1. Advances in data acquisition and processing technologies permit the acquisition of ever-larger datasets, necessitating new analytic tools. I will develop freely available software tools to analyze sequential events as transition networks. ***2. Description is an essential first step in understanding complex systems. I will record countersinging birds and use transition networks to describe their interactions at unprecedented levels of detail and holism.***3. To move from description to prediction, mechanism, and function, we must characterize the cognitive rules that govern individuals' behaviour. I will use transition networks and other approaches to model the rules that govern vocal interaction.***4. The primary functions of bird song are mate attraction and territory defense. Functional interpretations of countersinging have consistently focused on the territorial function. I will test a new network-based framework in which countersinging males influence female choice by exploiting females' cognitive biases.***Summary and impact***Just as bird song has served as a model for the development and control of speech, so vocal interaction in birds can serve as a model for interactive communication. The work described in this proposal sets the foundation for research on the cognitive, neuro-endocrine, and genetic underpinnings of conversation and other forms of interactive communication. Potential long-term applications include advances in communication, artificial intelligence, and medicine (e.g., diagnosis and treatment of autism and other disorders that affect vocal interaction). The research tools that will be developed and made freely available will promote research on sequential data and interactions of all kinds. The alternative signaling tactics framework offers a conceptual bridge between the adaptive processes that drive signaling systems toward `honesty' and the proximate constraints that limit rational choice in humans and other animals. This research will train three graduate students and several undergraduates.********