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Reconstructing the Evolution of Laughter in Great Apes and Humans by Davila Ross, Marina, J Owren, Michael, Zimmermann, Elke

“…Human emotional expressions, such as laughter, are argued to have their origins in ancestral nonhuman primate displays [1–6]. To test this hypothesis, the…”
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Nonlinear acoustics in the pant hoots of common chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ): Vocalizing at the edge by Riede, Tobias, Arcadi, Adam Clark, Owren, Michael J.

“…Common chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) "pant hoots" are multi-call events that build from quiet, consistently harmonic introductory sounds to loud, screamlike…”
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Sound on the rebound: Bringing form and function back to the forefront in understanding nonhuman primate vocal signaling by Owren, Michael J., Rendall, Drew

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A Chimpanzee Recognizes Synthetic Speech with Significantly Reduced Acoustic Cues to Phonetic Content by Heimbauer, Lisa A., Beran, Michael J., Owren, Michael J.

“…A long-standing debate concerns whether humans are specialized for speech perception [1–7], which some researchers argue is demonstrated by the ability to…”
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The relative roles of vowels and consonants in discriminating talker identity versus word meaning by Owren, Michael J., Cardillo, Gina C.

“…Three experiments tested the hypothesis that vowels play a disproportionate role in hearing talker identity, while consonants are more important in perceiving…”
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The acoustic features of human laughter by Bachorowski, J A, Smoski, M J, Owren, M J

“…Remarkably little is known about the acoustic features of laughter. Here, acoustic outcomes are reported for 1024 naturally produced laugh bouts recorded from…”
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Nonlinear acoustics in pant hoots of common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Frequency jumps, subharmonics, biphonation, and deterministic chaos by Riede, Tobias, Owren, Michael J., Arcadi, Adam Clark

“…The pant hoot calls produced by common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are multi‐call vocalizations that have figured prominently in investigations of acoustic…”
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Acoustic correlates of talker sex and individual talker identity are present in a short vowel segment produced in running speech by Bachorowski, J A, Owren, M J

“…Although listeners routinely perceive both the sex and individual identity of talkers from their speech, explanations of these abilities are incomplete. Here,…”
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Classification of Domestic Cat (Felis catus ) Vocalizations by Naive and Experienced Human Listeners by Nicastro, Nicholas, Owren, Michael J

“…To test for possible functional referentiality in a common domestic cat ( Felis catus ) vocalization, the authors conducted 2 experiments to examine whether…”
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What do animal signals mean? by Rendall, Drew, Owren, Michael J., Ryan, Michael J.

“…Animal communication studies often use analogies to human language and related constructs such as information encoding and transfer. This commonality is…”
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Nonlinear analysis of irregular animal vocalizations by Tokuda, Isao, Riede, Tobias, Neubauer, Jürgen, Owren, Michael J, Herzel, Hanspeter

“…Animal vocalizations range from almost periodic vocal-fold vibration to completely atonal turbulent noise. Between these two extremes, a variety of nonlinear…”
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Acoustics and behavioral contexts of gecker vocalizations in young rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) by PATEL, Erik R, OWREN, Michael J

“…Loud, pulsed "gecker" vocalizations are commonly produced by young rhesus macaques in distressful circumstances. The acoustics, usage, and responses associated…”
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Sexual selection on male vocal fundamental frequency in humans and other anthropoids by Puts, David A., Hill, Alexander K., Bailey, Drew H., Walker, Robert S., Rendall, Drew, Wheatley, John R., Welling, Lisa L. M., Dawood, Khytam, Cárdenas, Rodrigo, Burriss, Robert P., Jablonski, Nina G., Shriver, Mark D., Weiss, Daniel, Lameira, Adriano R., Apicella, Coren L., Owren, Michael J., Barelli, Claudia, Glenn, Mary E., Ramos-Fernandez, Gabriel

“…In many primates, including humans, the vocalizations of males and females differ dramatically, with male vocalizations and vocal anatomy often seeming to…”
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The role of vocal tract filtering in identity cueing in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) vocalizations by Rendall, D, Owren, M J, Rodman, P S

“…The importance of individual identity and kinship has been demonstrated in the social behavior of many nonhuman primates, with some evidence suggesting that…”
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A chimpanzee recognizes varied acoustical versions of sine-wave and noise-vocoded speech by Heimbauer, Lisa A., Beran, Michael J., Owren, Michael J.

“…Previous research demonstrated that a language-trained chimpanzee recognized familiar English words in sine-wave and noise-vocoded forms (Heimbauer et al. Curr…”
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Redefining animal signaling: influence versus information in communication by Owren, Michael J., Rendall, Drew, Ryan, Michael J.

“…Researchers typically define animal signaling as morphology or behavior specialized for transmitting encoded information from a signaler to a perceiver…”
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Two organizing principles of vocal production: Implications for nonhuman and human primates by Owren, Michael J., Amoss, R. Toby, Rendall, Drew

“…Vocal communication in nonhuman primates receives considerable research attention, with many investigators arguing for similarities between this calling and…”
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The meaning and function of grunt variants in baboons by RENDALL, DREW, SEYFARTH, ROBERT M., CHENEY, DOROTHY L., OWREN, MICHAEL J.

“…Wild baboonsPapio cynocephalus ursinus, give tonal, harmonically rich vocalizations, termed grunts, in at least two distinct, behavioural contexts: when about…”
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Asymmetries in the individual distinctiveness and maternal recognition of infant contact calls and distress screams in baboons by Rendall, Drew, Notman, Hugh, Owren, Michael J.

“…A key component of nonhuman primate vocal communication is the production and recognition of clear cues to social identity that function in the management of…”
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GSU Praat Tools: Scripts for modifying and analyzing sounds using Praat acoustics software by Owren, Michael J.

“…The Praat acoustics program (Boersma, 2001) is powerful freeware that is widely used by behavioral scientists working with digital sound. This article…”
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