Complex vocal interaction

复杂的声音交互

• 批准号: RGPIN-2015-06553
• 负责人: Logue, David
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: University of Lethbridge
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=679591
• 关键词: Complex; vocal; interaction

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.********

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。我的研究计划的长期目标是了解构成复杂声音互动的行为。对动物模型的研究揭示了对控制声音互动的认知规则的见解。我之前的工作阐明了鸟类二重唱的结构规则。我现在研究“反鸣”，这是一种更复杂的鸟类声音互动形式，相邻领地持有者通过声音进行互动。我提出了一个关于阿德莱德莺模型系统中声音交互的综合研究计划。这项工作是对我正在进行的一项平行研究的补充，该研究涉及塑造跨多个物种和环境的声音互动规则的决策过程。***短期目标***1。数据采集​​和处理技术的进步允许采集更大的数据集，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的重要第一步。我将记录鸟类的反鸣，并使用过渡网络以前所未有的细节和整体性水平描述它们的相互作用。***3。为了从描述转向预测、机制和功能，我们必须描述控制个体行为的认知规则。我将使用转换网络和其他方法来模拟控制声音交互的规则。***4。鸟鸣的主要功能是吸引配偶和保卫领地。对反唱的功能解释始终集中在领土功能上。我将测试一个新的基于网络的框架，其中雄性反鸣通过利用雌性的认知偏差来影响雌性的选择。***总结和影响***正如鸟鸣是言语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。该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）。将开发并免费提供的研究工具将促进对顺序数据和各种交互的研究。替代信号策略框架在驱动信号系统走向“诚实”的适应性过程与限制人类和其他动物理性选择的直接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。********