Sentences with word «vocalization»

Instead, their results suggest that the role of superfast muscle is more complicated than they expected and may be related to the entire range of vocalizations of a species rather than song alone.

The most common reasons for excessive vocalization in cats, particularly elderly felines, include hyperthyroidism, cardiovascular conditions (particularly hypertension) and age - related cognitive decline.

By better understanding why the dog barks excessively, we can take better approaches to reduce excessive vocalizations in dogs.

It's better to treat increased vocalization by increasing your cat's activity during the day and gradually reestablishing her proper sleep - wake cycle.

They use all the «major sounds» e.g. yowl, growl, etc but they rely much more on non-verbal communication to convey meaning — posture, gesture, facial expression, tail position, whisker position, ear position, scent - marking — with vocalization often being a last resort to augment or reinforce the non-verbal communication or when they can't see each other properly.

Princeton University researchers report in the journal Animal Behaviour that social primates use vocalizations far more selectively than scientists previously thought.

I would not rely on lack of vocalizations as proof of working under threshold and I would not rely on taking treats as reliable proof either.

Use the spray bottle as a training aid to punish the animal for vocalization after you have given your command to stop barking.

The study, which is the first to examine the effects of infant vocalizations on adult neural activity during a cognitive task, will be published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Endearing emotions are also expressed through other vocalizations such as special meows and mews — some are soft and kitten - like, while others are louder.

Researchers have identified a network of neurons that plays a vital role in learning vocalizations by aiding communication between motor and auditory regions of the brain.

Cats communicate through body language and sometimes through vocalizations when they've had enough handling and petting.

Several alternative hypotheses remain to be tested: Does the voice area represent a hardwired preference for the particular acoustical structure of vocalizations from one's own species?

The most common signs of discomfort include vocalizations when touched in a painful place.

At evaluation, he did give off a snarly kind of vocalization when he got excited and this, along with his mouthy untrained puppy behavior, didn't work in his favor in the shelter.

We think that we know what our cats are saying, but scientists have actually looked into the brain areas associated with different vocalizations in the cat to try to better define the positive and negative meanings.

Even after sleep training, children will wake up multiple times each night, and may roll over, move briefly, or make vocalizations.

But more studies will be needed in order to better interpret the different vocalization patterns,» Hoi believes.

During this period, you should prepare yourself for cat vocalization, lots of it.

Brain Institute demonstrates in songbirds the necessity of this neural circuit to learn vocalizations at a young age, a finding that expands the scientific understanding of some contributing factors in speech disorders in humans.

We found that, at 1.0 mg / kg, oxytocin significantly decreased the number of ultrasonic vocalizations compared to vehicle - injected pups.

Female neutered cats will not have bloody vaginal discharge, vocalization during heat, or unwanted litters.

Figure 5 shows adult response rates to infant vocalizations by adult gender.

Cats can produce other vocalizations at the same time.

The Yorkie might whine in high - pitched vocalization while trying to look out of the window or curling in its bed.

Although Basenjis do not bark they're effective at making other vocalizations like yodeling and howling in addition to other traditional dog sounds.

You can hear some pretty decent recordings of whale vocalization on Mark McDonald's Whale Acoustics site.

It lays out a possible route from general calls between individuals keeping in touch when out of sight, to specific, more complex vocalizations with infants, and eventually into lullabies.

Sometimes a dog's breed will determine... MORE vocalization type (many hounds bay or howl, little dogs tend to yip; Basenjis generally can not bark, etc..)

Despite being solitary hunters, cats are a social species and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations such as purring, trilling, hissing, growling and grunting.

A study in 2002 showed that seals do not react to the recorded vocalizations of fish - eating orcas, but they do get jumpy when they hear transients.

The male followed, displaying aggressively — banging on trees and making loud vocalizations.

«The finding is exciting,» says Bottjer, «because it provides a rare example of changes in neural activity that correspond with behavioral attempts to achieve a mental goal; in this case, to produce vocalizations that mimic the memory of a sound.

1 - how the brain responds to emotions expressed through vocalizations compared to spoken language with millisecond precision;

Perhaps vocalizations became varied and complex only later, when song was applied to topics other than mating and such basics of survival.

Excessive vocalization does not have a strict definition.

Many scientists thus refrain from using the word crying when referring to nonhumans, preferring to talk about distress vocalizations, or describe the acoustical properties of the sound.

Source level of male vocalizations in the genus Mirounga: repeatability and correlates.

Most happy dog barks and sounds are short with lots of pauses in between vocalizations and accompanied by lots of wagging, dancing and forward movement.

It's one of the earliest vocalizations puppies emit, and one that's often inadvertently reinforced by well - meaning dog owners: in this article, we're talking about whining.

We played audio recordings of orca calls and also sold CD's of Springer's own vocalizations of when she first was reunited with her pod.

But by 6 months, the link has narrowed, with only human vocalizations supporting categorization.

Functional MRI brain scans show that man and man's best friend use analogous brain regions to process vocalizations of both their own and the other species.

Ornithologists have known for some time that bird vocalizations served at least a rudimentary purpose: alerting to danger, attracting mates, and — in the case of the over 360 parrot species around the world — communicating their comings and goings to the rest of their flock via «contact calls.»

Increased Vocalization If you're suddenly holding a pillow over your ears at night because your furry friend is yowling, your cat is actually trying to tell you something.

However, no one had actually tested the Markovian model on animal vocalizations until now.

Conclusions Audible television is associated with decreased exposure to discernible human adult speech and decreased child vocalizations.

Individual and geographical variation in male aggressive vocalizations.

You will have to work on finding which vocalization works best.

Using these parameters to evaluate mouse vocalizations, researchers were able to identify stuttering mice over a 3.5 - minute period.