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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2012-11-01
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Series: | Biolinguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.8935 |