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Vocal learning: beyond the continuum

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Vocal learning is the ability to modify vocal output on the basis of experience. Traditionally, species have been classified as either displaying or lacking this ability. A recent proposal, the vocal learning continuum, recognizes the need to have a more nuanced view of this phenotype and abandon the yes-no dichotomy. However, it also limits vocal learning to production of novel calls through imitation, moreover subserved by a forebrain-to-phonatory-muscles circuit. We discuss its limitations regarding the characterization of vocal learning across species and argue for a more permissive view.

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Aprenentatge, Adquisició del llenguatge, Comunicació amb els animals

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Learning, Language acquisition, Human-animal communication

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Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Catalana i Lingüística General)
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MARTINS, Pedro Tiago and BOECKX, Cedric. Vocal learning: beyond the continuum. PLoS Biology. 2020. Vol. 18, num. 3, pags. e3000672. ISSN 1544-9173. [consulted: 8 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175636

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