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Categorical responses to natural and synthesized alarm calls in Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico goeldii)

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The responses of Goeldi's monkeys to their natural alarm calls as well as synthesized versions varying in the acoustic parameters that defined the calls were studied. The response patterns, which were subject to a distinct change only with an increase of 0.2 kHz in the frequency range of the modulating sweep, appeared to reflect strict underlying perceptual boundaries. This was analogous to the categorical perception that humans show with speech sounds. Supernormal releaser was found, and the characteristics of its acoustic structure were assessed in terms of the environmental influences of the physical situation in which alarm calls must be emitted.

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  1. Department of Ethology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University, 1-2 Yamada-oka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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Masataka, N. Categorical responses to natural and synthesized alarm calls in Goeldi's monkeys (Callimico goeldii). Primates 24, 40–51 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381452

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