Rhythm in dyadic interactions

K De Reus, M Soma, M Anichini… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This review paper discusses rhythmic interactions and distinguishes them from non-rhythmic
interactions. We report on communicative behaviours in social and sexual contexts, as found …

The potential for acoustic individual identification in mammals

P Linhart, M Mahamoud-Issa, D Stowell… - Mammalian Biology, 2022 - Springer
Many studies have revealed that animal vocalizations, including those from mammals, are
individually distinctive. Therefore, acoustic identification of individuals (AIID) has been …

[HTML][HTML] Categorical rhythms in a singing primate

C De Gregorio, D Valente, T Raimondi, V Torti… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
What are the origins of musical rhythm? One approach to the biology and evolution of music
consists in finding common musical traits across species. These similarities allow …

There you are! Automated detection of indris' songs on features extracted from passive acoustic recordings

D Ravaglia, V Ferrario, C De Gregorio, F Carugati… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Identifying vocalisations of given species from passive acoustic recordings
is a common step in bioacoustics. While manual labelling and identification are widespread …

Isochrony as ancestral condition to call and song in a primate

C De Gregorio, M Maiolini, T Raimondi… - Annals of the New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Animal songs differ from calls in function and structure, and have comparative and
translational value, showing similarities to human music. Rhythm in music is often distributed …

Born to sing! Song development in a singing primate

C De Gregorio, F Carugati, V Estienne… - Current …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In animal vocal communication, the development of adult-like vocalization is fundamental to
interact appropriately with conspecifics. However, the factors that guide ontogenetic …

Interactive rhythms across species: the evolutionary biology of animal chorusing and turn‐taking

A Ravignani, L Verga… - Annals of the New York …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The study of human language is progressively moving toward comparative and interactive
frameworks, extending the concept of turn‐taking to animal communication. While such an …

Linguistic laws of brevity: conformity in Indri indri

D Valente, C De Gregorio, L Favaro, O Friard… - Animal cognition, 2021 - Springer
Vocal and gestural sequences of several primates have been found to conform to two
general principles of information compression: the compensation between the duration of a …

Parent-offspring turn-taking dynamics influence parents' song structure and elaboration in a singing primate

C De Gregorio, A Zanoli, F Carugati… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Parent-offspring interactions are essential to interpret animal social evolution and behavior,
but their role in mediating acoustic communication in animals that interact vocally is still …

Who you live with and what you duet for: a review of the function of primate duets in relation to their social organization

C De Gregorio, D Valente, V Ferrario… - Journal of Comparative …, 2024 - Springer
Duets are one of the most fascinating displays in animal vocal communication, where two
animals fine-tune the timing of their emissions to create a coordinated signal. Duetting …