Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups
Rhythmic patterns in interactive contexts characterize human behaviours such as conversational turn-taking. These timed patterns are also present in other animals, and often described as rhythm. Understanding fine-grained temporal adjustments in interaction requires complementary quantitative method...
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ftunivwestsyd:oai:researchdirect.westernsydney.edu.au:uws_73220 2023-12-17T10:31:16+01:00 Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups Anichini, M. De Reus, K. Hersh, T. A. Valente, D. Salazar-Casals, A. Berry, C. Keller, Peter E. (R13464) Ravignani, A. 2023 print 13 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0477 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:73220 eng eng U.K., Royal Society Publishing Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences--0962-8436--1471-2970 Vol. 378 Issue. 1875 No. 20210477 pp: - © 2023 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. XXXXXX - Unknown journal article 2023 ftunivwestsyd https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0477 2023-11-20T23:26:55Z Rhythmic patterns in interactive contexts characterize human behaviours such as conversational turn-taking. These timed patterns are also present in other animals, and often described as rhythm. Understanding fine-grained temporal adjustments in interaction requires complementary quantitative methodologies. Here, we showcase how vocal interactive rhythmicity in a non-human animal can be quantified using a multi-method approach. We record vocal interactions in harbour seal pups (Phoca vitulina) under controlled conditions. We analyse these data by combining analytical approaches, namely categorical rhythm analysis, circular statistics and time series analyses. We test whether pups' vocal rhythmicity varies across behavioural contexts depending on the absence or presence of a calling partner. Four research questions illustrate which analytical approaches are complementary versus orthogonal. For our data, circular statistics and categorical rhythms suggest that a calling partner affects a pup's call timing. Granger causality suggests that pups predictively adjust their call timing when interacting with a real partner. Lastly, the ADaptation and Anticipation Model estimates statistical parameters for a potential mechanism of temporal adaptation and anticipation. Our analytical complementary approach constitutes a proof of concept; it shows feasibility in applying typically unrelated techniques to seals to quantify vocal rhythmic interactivity across behavioural contexts. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Face2face: advancing the science of social interaction'. Article in Journal/Newspaper harbour seal Phoca vitulina University of Western Sydney (UWS): Research Direct Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378 1875 |
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Rhythmic patterns in interactive contexts characterize human behaviours such as conversational turn-taking. These timed patterns are also present in other animals, and often described as rhythm. Understanding fine-grained temporal adjustments in interaction requires complementary quantitative methodologies. Here, we showcase how vocal interactive rhythmicity in a non-human animal can be quantified using a multi-method approach. We record vocal interactions in harbour seal pups (Phoca vitulina) under controlled conditions. We analyse these data by combining analytical approaches, namely categorical rhythm analysis, circular statistics and time series analyses. We test whether pups' vocal rhythmicity varies across behavioural contexts depending on the absence or presence of a calling partner. Four research questions illustrate which analytical approaches are complementary versus orthogonal. For our data, circular statistics and categorical rhythms suggest that a calling partner affects a pup's call timing. Granger causality suggests that pups predictively adjust their call timing when interacting with a real partner. Lastly, the ADaptation and Anticipation Model estimates statistical parameters for a potential mechanism of temporal adaptation and anticipation. Our analytical complementary approach constitutes a proof of concept; it shows feasibility in applying typically unrelated techniques to seals to quantify vocal rhythmic interactivity across behavioural contexts. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Face2face: advancing the science of social interaction'. |
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Anichini, M. De Reus, K. Hersh, T. A. Valente, D. Salazar-Casals, A. Berry, C. Keller, Peter E. (R13464) Ravignani, A. |
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Anichini, M. De Reus, K. Hersh, T. A. Valente, D. Salazar-Casals, A. Berry, C. Keller, Peter E. (R13464) Ravignani, A. |
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Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups |
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Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups |
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Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups |
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Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups |
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Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups |
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measuring rhythms of vocal interactions : a proof of principle in harbour seal pups |
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U.K., Royal Society Publishing |
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2023 |
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https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0477 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:73220 |
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences--0962-8436--1471-2970 Vol. 378 Issue. 1875 No. 20210477 pp: - |
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© 2023 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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