Sentences with phrase «vocal learning skills»

Vocal learning skills alone don't necessarily mean that killer whales have language in the same way that humans do.

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Songbirds, much like in humans, have a critical period in youth when they are best at learning vocal communication skills.

In a paper published recently in the journal Family Relations, lead researcher James McKenna, director of the Mother - Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab and Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, and his colleagues suggest that the origin of both colic and SIDS may be related to the gradual emergence of an infant's ability to voluntarily control the release of air through the vocal track, learned skills that are required for the development of speech.

Vocal learning is a skill that allows animals to expand their call repertoires and therefore the complexity of their communication systems.

Experiences gained outside the classroom are a valuable part of any young person's learning - they can help develop personal and vocal skills.