Sentences with phrase «learning vocal communication»

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

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Dolphin communication is suspected to be complex, on the basis of their call repertoires, cognitive abilities, and ability to modify signals through vocal learning.

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

That's not surprising since humans have had a million or so years to learn the intimacies of vocal communication, while written communication has been around a mere 5,000 or 6,000 years.