Maternal Responsiveness to Infant Distress Calls in Stumptail Macaques

1995 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Maestripieri
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Responsiveness ◽  
Infant Distress ◽  
Distress Calls

scholarly journals Machine learning reveals adaptive maternal responses to infant distress calls in wild chimpanzees

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Dezecache ◽  
Klaus Zuberbühler ◽  
Marina Davila-Ross ◽  
Christoph D. Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Discrete Events ◽  
Infant Distress ◽  
Event Triggering ◽  
Distress Calls ◽  
Intended Receiver ◽  
Maternal Responses ◽  
Infant Chimpanzee ◽  
Variable Group

AbstractDistress calls are an acoustically variable group of vocalizations ubiquitous in mammals and other animals. Their presumed function is to recruit help, but it is uncertain whether this is mediated by listeners extracting the nature of the disturbance from calls. To address this, we used machine learning to analyse distress calls produced by wild infant chimpanzees. It enabled us to classify calls and examine them in relation to the external event triggering them and the distance to the intended receiver, the mother. In further steps, we tested whether the acoustic variants produced by infants predicted maternal responses. Our results demonstrated that, although infant chimpanzee distress calls were highly graded, they conveyed information about discrete events, which in turn guided maternal parenting decisions. We discuss these findings in light of one the most vexing problems in communication theory, the evolution of vocal flexibility in the human lineage.

scholarly journals Machine learning reveals adaptive maternal responses to infant distress calls in wild chimpanzees

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Dezecache ◽  
Klaus Zuberbbler ◽  
Marina Davila-Ross ◽  
Christoph D. Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Infant Distress ◽  
Distress Calls ◽  
Maternal Responses

Review of Maternal Responsiveness: Characteristics and Consequences.

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 728-728
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Responsiveness

Maternal responsiveness to infant affect: Stability and prediction

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Nicely ◽  
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda ◽  
Wendy S. Grolnick
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Responsiveness
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