Abundant evidence from both field and lab studies has established that conspecific
vocalizations (CVs) are of critical ecological significance for a wide variety of species,
including humans, non-human primates, rodents, and other mammals and birds.
Correspondingly, a number of experiments have demonstrated behavioral processing
advantages for CVs, such as in discrimination and memory tasks. Further, a wide range of
experiments have described brain regions in many species that appear to be specialized for …