Sentences with phrase «vocalizations by»

Prevent barking and other excessive vocalizations by teaching your dog that guests are associated with positive experiences.

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

Scientists have assumed these tunes are hardwired in their tiny mouse brains and doubted that rodents modify their songs after hearing others — a cognitive feat similar to vocalizations by birds and some mammals, including dolphins, bats and humans.

These manufactured altercations — for example, playing a threat vocalization by a high - ranking female followed by the submission squeal of a lower - ranking animal — were then played through hidden speakers while the scientists recorded the reactions of listening baboons.

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

Many owners inadvertently reinforce increased vocalization by returning to console their unhappy pet.

Not exact matches

But by the end of the third month your baby will engage you with facial expressions, vocalizations, and gestures.

Interestingly, but not really surprising, when a human infants inherent need for contact and proximity (reassurance through touch, parent directed vocalizations, emotional support) are met by parents early in their lives rather than becoming «dependent» as is always suggested in the popular press the reverse is actually true: that is, early dependence leads to early independence and self sufficiency and, perhaps even, enhanced self — confidence.

I did duck my ears under the water during labor to help center myself but my actual births were accompanied by vocalization.

In part, this is because they spend a large portion of their sleep time in «active sleep,» a light sleep state characterized by fluttering eyelids; rapid, irregular breathing; occasional body movements; and vocalizations (grunts or brief cries).

Most of the child's gestures were accompanied by vocalization (non-language sounds); the apes» gestures rarely were.

To be classified as communicative, a gesture had to include eye contact with the conversational partner, be accompanied by vocalization (non-speech sounds) or include a visible behavioral effort to elicit a response.

The team's analyses, which covered 90 species, revealed that brain size was best predicted by a score based on various social behaviors such as cooperation with other species, group hunting and complex vocalizations.

A team led by voice scientist Christian Herbst, now of the University of Olomouc in the Czech Republic, used the donated larynx of a dead elephant to study the process of vocalization, which he says opens new possibilities for researching oice projection problems in people.

It takes just one - tenth of a second for our brains to begin to recognize emotions conveyed by vocalizations, according to researchers from McGill.

Baby marmosets learn to make their calls by trying to repeat their parents» vocalizations, scientists report today in Current Biology.

They focused on three basic emotions: anger, sadness and happiness and tested 24 participants by playing a random mix of vocalizations and nonsense speech, e.g..

«Our findings are consistent with studies of non-human primates which suggest that vocalizations that are specific to a species are treated preferentially by the neural system over other sounds.»

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

«We were surprised by how reliably the marmoset monkeys exchanged their vocalizations in a cooperative manner, particularly since in most cases they were doing so with individuals that they were not pair - bonded with,» says Asif Ghazanfar of Princeton University.

Their vocalizations, among the loudest produced by any animal, resonate across the jungle, and can be heard from up to 5 kilometers away.

By comparing old recordings of vocalization patterns from the cross-socialized subjects with recordings of killer whales and bottlenose dolphins housed in same - species groups, Bowles and her team were able to evaluate the degree to which killer whales learned vocalization patterns from their cross-species social partners.

These vocalizations are evoked by the presence of a predator and so are closely linked in time with a particular stimulus.»

This finding corroborates a 2010 global genetic study of killer whales1 and what many marine scientists suspected, based on years of studying wild orcas by tracking their movements and comparing their vocalizations, preferred prey, and social structure.

Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed by UC San Francisco.

Tourette's syndrome is defined by tics — involuntary, repetitive movements and vocalizations.

A seemingly threatening situation presents itself; you go into fight - or - flight mode; the threat proves spurious; you alert your (genetically close - knit) social group to the absence of actual danger by emitting a stereotyped vocalization — one that is amplified as it passes contagiously from member to member.

By stimulating an area of the brain stem with electricity, they could trigger the ultrasonic vocalizations.

But upon realizing that there were no settlements nearby, she decided to keep busy by using recording equipment to analyze the vocalizations of chimpanzees.

The individual had the characteristic pattern of MCS: minimum motor control, mainly voluntary eye movements, and, infrequently, single words or other vocalizations; he could not even eat by mouth.

Once the answer would have been a simple no: although animals may communicate by issuing a bark, shriek, or moo, those vocalizations — to use the animal behaviorists» careful distinction — were assumed to have no specific internal meaning.

Seals may have evolved this skill to make split - second decisions while chasing fish or to identify vocalizations made at different rates by other seals, says Hanke, who is extending her investigation both to more seals and to acoustic stimuli.

In 30 trials, the scientists presented Wikie with recordings of unfamiliar sounds and words spoken by trainers, which the whale was then instructed to copy as in - air vocalizations (rather than underwater).

Buck CL, Vendruscolo LF, Koob GF, George O. Dopamine D1 and μ - opioid receptor antagonism blocks anticipatory 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations induced by palatable food cues in Wistar rats.

TS is an inherited neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements and vocalizations.

The mandibular symphysis also shows strong markings for the digastric muscle (important for swallowing and vocalization), which some people have interpreted as proof of language by this time.

«I started studying California towhees 17 years ago, and I was fascinated by the duet vocalization given by females and males,» says Benedict.

Rumble vocalizations were most common and were characterized by increased and more variable fundamental frequencies, and an upward shift in the first [F1] and second [F2] formant locations, compared to control rumbles.

Also, elephants are known to exhibit vocal flexibility and vocal learning, by vocally imitating environmental sounds and the vocalizations of other species, including different elephant species and humans [62], [63].

The microphone array allowed for the identification of vocalizations produced by the target family, by comparing the relative amplitudes on the three microphones.

The film segues breezily between various episodes from Piaf's life — such as her lover, French boxer Marcel Cerdan's (Jean - Pierre Martins) championship bout in mid -»40s New York; her period in Hollywood during the»50s; Piaf's abandonment as a young girl by her contortionist father (and earlier by her mother, a street singer); her brushes with the law as an adult; and her 1951 car accident and subsequent morphine addiction that caused her to age well beyond her years and left her barely mobile; and, through it all, her ability (like Billie Holiday) to funnel personal tragedy and emotional struggles into her vocalizations — dazzling audiences in the process.

The choice of vocalization is the first that many will be surprised by; this is no booming, commanding voice, but a soothing, almost provincial affectation.

In addition to the servos and hydraulics we also hear the grit of pavement being torn up, followed by some robot vocalizations.

Tourette Syndrome is a neurological difference characterized by repetitive movements and vocalizations called tics.

Although the guide is organized by categories like feeding, vocalization, bird problems (when starlings move in, for example), nesting, migration and the concisely titled «how birds work,» it is still surprisingly fun to ignore the subject headings and start reading at a random page.

The researchers then analysed the cats» responses to each call by measuring a number of factors including ear, tail and head movement, vocalization, eye dilation and «displacement» — shifting their paws to move.

Meanwhile, the lovely vocalizations and melodic songs of many of these finches are soft and gentle enough to be enjoyed by pet owners without being disruptive or raucously noisy.

It is thought that female puppies learn care instincts during the period between 4 to 6 weeks and the response to the puppies vocalization of distress by the bitch or human may affect the way they care for their future litters.

The trauma to Euro's jaw is causing right sided facial pain, as evidenced by his vocalization on palpation, and at attempted opening of his mouth.

Helps manage destructive behavior, vocalization, inappropriate elimination, excessive salivation, and other symptoms caused by anxiety