Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos

Genty, Emilie; Clay, Zanna; Hobaiter, Catherine; Zuberbühler, Klaus

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084738

All Outputs (5)

Vocal communication and social awareness in chimpanzees and bonobos (2014)
Book Chapter

Contextually variable signals can be functionally referential (2014)
Journal Article

Young Children Make Their Gestural Communication Systems More Language-Like: Segmentation and Linearization of Semantic Elements in Motion Events (2014)
Journal Article

Research on Nicaraguan Sign Language, created by deaf children, has suggested that young children use gestures to segment the semantic elements of events and linearize them in ways similar to those used in signed and spoken languages. However, it is... Read More about Young Children Make Their Gestural Communication Systems More Language-Like: Segmentation and Linearization of Semantic Elements in Motion Events.

Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos. (2014)
Journal Article

Sexual contacts are thought to play an important role in regulating social tension in bonobos (Pan paniscus), and are especially common following aggressive conflicts, either between former opponents or involving bystanders. Nevertheless, research on... Read More about Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos..

Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos (2014)
Journal Article

‘Contest hoots’ are acoustically complex vocalisations produced by adult and subadult male bonobos (Pan paniscus). These calls are often directed at specific individuals and regularly combined with gestures and other body signals. The aim of our stud... Read More about Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos.