Publicaties
Measuring rhythms of vocal interactions: a proof of principle in harbour seal pups Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rhythmic patterns in interactive contexts characterize human behaviours such as conversational turn-taking. These timed patterns are also present in other animals, and often described as rhythm. Understanding fine-grained temporal adjustments in interaction requires complementary quantitative methodologies. Here, we showcase how vocal interactive rhythmicity in a non-human animal can be quantified using a multi-method approach. We record ...
Deep Learning on Small Datasets to Classify Mammalian Vocalizations Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vocal plasticity in harbour seal pups Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rhythm in dyadic interactions Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Joint origins of speech and music: Testing evolutionary hypotheses on modern humans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
How music and speech evolved is a mystery. Several hypotheses on their origins, including one on their joint origins, have been put forward but rarely tested. Here we report and comment on the first experiment testing the hypothesis that speech and music bifurcated from a common system. We highlight strengths of the reported experiment, point out its relatedness to animal work, and suggest three alternative interpretations of its results. We ...