The Human-Fostered Gorilla Koko Shows Breath Control in Play with Wind Instruments

Breath control is critical to the production of spoken language and commonly postulated as a unique human adaptation specifically for this function. In contrast, non-human primates are often assumed to lack volitional control over their vocalizations, and implicitly, their breath. This paper takes a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marcus Perlman, Francine G. Patterson, Ronald H. Cohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2012-11-01
Series:Biolinguistics
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.8935