Features of animal babbling in the vocal ontogeny of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Abstract In human infants babbling is an important developmental stage of vocal plasticity to acquire maternal language. To investigate parallels in the vocal development of human infants and non-human mammals, seven key features of human babbling were defined, which are up to date only shown in bat...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Langehennig-Peristenidou, Daniel Romero-Mujalli, Tjard Bergmann, Marina Scheumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47919-7