Complex vocal interaction

声音信号的协调交流（“声音互动”）是人类和其他动物交流的一种重要形式。我的研究计划的长期目标是了解结构复杂的声音相互作用的行为。对动物模型的研究揭示了支配声音相互作用的认知规则。我以前的工作阐明了鸟类二重唱的结构规则。我现在研究的是“对唱”，这是一种更复杂的鸟类声音互动形式，在这种形式中，邻近领地的拥有者会发出声音。我提出了一个全面的方案研究声乐互动的阿德莱德的莺模型系统。这项工作是对我正在进行的一项平行研究的补充，该研究涉及多个物种和背景下形成声音相互作用规则的决策过程。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必不可少的第一步。我将记录下唱反调的鸟，并使用过渡网络以前所未有的细节和整体性来描述它们的相互作用。3.为了从描述转向预测、机制和功能，我们必须描述支配个人行为的认知规则。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。4.鸟类鸣唱的主要功能是吸引配偶和保卫领地。对唱和的功能性解释一直集中在领域功能上。我将测试一个新的基于网络的框架，其中唱反调的男性通过利用女性的认知偏见来影响女性的选择。摘要和影响 * 就像鸟的歌声已经成为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研究会话和其他形式的互动交流的认知、神经内分泌和遗传基础奠定了基础。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，诊断和治疗自闭症和其他影响声音相互作用的疾病）。将开发和免费提供的研究工具将促进对连续数据和各种相互作用的研究。替代信号策略框架提供了一个概念之间的桥梁的适应性过程，驱动信号系统走向“诚实”和接近的限制，在人类和其他动物的理性选择的约束。本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.********