Edited by Asif A. Ghazanfar, Ph.D. CRC PRESS FROM THE BACK COVER Primate Audition: Ethology and Neurobiology is the first book to bridge the epistemological gap between primate ethologists and auditory neurobiologists. It brings together the knowledge of world experts on different aspects of primate auditory function. Leading ethologists, comparative psychologists, and neuroscientists who have developed new experimental approaches apply their methods to a variety of issues dealing with primate vocal behavior and the neurobiology of the primate auditory system. With the advent of new signal processing techniques and the exponential growth in our knowledge of primate behavior, the time has arrived for a neurobiological investigation of the primate auditory system based on principles derived from ethology. The synthesis of ethological and neurobiological approaches to primate vocal behavior presented in Primate Audition: Ethology and Neurobiology is likely to yield the richest understanding of the acoustic and neural bases of primate audition and possibly shed light on the evolutionary precursors to speech. Features Synthesizes the latest research on both primate vocal behavior and primate auditory neurobiology Describes state-of-the-art experimental techniques for field and lab settings Includes complex sound recognition, sound localization, and referential signaling THE EDITOR A. Ghazanfar, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tubingen, Germany. Born in Pullman, WA, and raised in nearby Moscow, ID, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in philosophy at the University of Idaho. While earning his degree, he studied the neural and hormonal bases for sex reversal in a coral reef fish, the saddleback wrasse. In 1998, he earned his doctoral degree in neurobiology from Duke University in Durham, NC. His dissertation research uncovered some of the dynamic properties of single neurons and neural ensembles in the somatosensory corticothalamic pathway. Since then, he has combined his dual interests in ethology and neurophysiology by studying the natural vocal behavior of primates and its neural basis. As a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, he studied the acoustic bases for vocal recognition in three species of non-human primates. Using this ethological work as a foundation, he is currently investigating how behaviorally relevant acoustic features of species-specific vocalizations are processed in the auditory cortex of rhesus monkeys. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Primates as Auditory Specialists 1 Asif A. Ghazanfar and Laurie R. Santos Chapter 2 Causal Knowledge in Free-Ranging Diana Monkeys 13 Klaus Zuberbuhler Chapter 3 Auditory Temporal Integration in Primates: A Comparative Analysis 27 Kevin N. O'Connor and Mitchell L. Sutter Chapter 4 Mechanisms of Acoustic Perception in the Cotton-Top Tamarin 43 Cory T. Miller, Daniel J. Weiss, and Marc D. Hauser Chapter 5 Psychophysical and Perceptual Studies of Primate Communication Calls 61 Colleen G. Le Prell and David B. Moody Chapter 6 Primate Vocal Production and Its Implications for Auditory Research 87 W. Tecumseh S. Fitch Chapter 7 Developmental Modifications in the Vocal Behavior of Non-Human Primates 109 Julia Fischer Chapter 8 Ecological and Physiological Constraints for Primate Vocal Communication 127 Charles H. Brown Chapter 9 Neural Representation of Sound Patterns in the auditory Cortex of Monkeys 151 Michael Brosch and Henning Scheich Chapter 10 Representation of Sound Location in the Primate Brain 177 Kristin A. Kelly, Ryan Metzger, O'Dhaniel A. Mullette-Gillman, Uri Werner-Reiss, and Jennifer M. Groh Chapter 11 The Comparative Anatomy of the Primate Auditory Cortex 199 Troy A. Hackett Chapter 12 Auditory Communication and Central Auditory Mechanisms in the Squirrel 227 Monkey: Past and Present John D. Newman Chapter 13 Cortical Mechanisms of Sound Localization and Plasticity in Primates 247 Gregg H. Recanzone Chapter 14 Anatomy and Physiology of Auditory-Prefrontal Interactions in Non-Human 259 Primates Lizabeth M. Romanski Chapter 15 Cortical Processing of Complex Sounds and Species-Specific Vocalizations in the Marmoset Monkey (Callithrix jacchus) 279 Xiaoqin Wang, Siddhartha C. Kadia, Thomas Lu, Li Liang, and James A. Agamaite Index 301 CONTRIBUTORS James A. Agamaite Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Michael Brosch Leibniz-Institut fur Neurobiologie Magdeburg, Germany Charles H. Brown Department of Psychology University of South Alabama Mobile, Alabama Julia Fischer Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig, Germany W. Tecumseh S. Fitch Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Asif A. Ghazanfar Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tubingen, Germany Jennifer M. Groh Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Troy A. Hackett Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Marc D. Hauser Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Siddhartha C. Kadia Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Kristin A. Kelly Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Colleen G. Le Prell Kresge Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Li Liang Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Thomas Lu Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Ryan Metzger Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Cory T. Miller Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts O'Dhaniel A. Mullette-Gillman Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire David B. Moody Kresge Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan John D. Newman Laboratory of Comparative Ethology National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Poolesville, Maryland Kevin N. O'Connor Center for Neuroscience Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior University of California Davis, California Gregg H. Recanzone Center for Neuroscience Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior University of California Davis, California Lizabeth M. Romanski Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology University of Rochester Rochester, New York Laurie R. Santos Department of Psychology Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Henning Scheich Leibniz-Institut fur Neurobiologie Magdeburg, Germany Mitchell L. Sutter Center for Neuroscience Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior University of California Davis, California Xiaoqin Wang Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Daniel J. Weiss Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester Rochester, New York Uri Werner-Reiss Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Klaus Zuberbuhler Department of Psychology University of St. Andrews Fife, Scotland PREFACE Neuroethological research has been critical for our understanding of brain function and how natural selection shapes brain design for complex behaviors. The value of this approach is evident in the auditory model systems that are currently popular: echolocation in bats, song learning and prey localization in birds, and mate choice in frogs. Even in human neurobiological studies, speech perception and production represent the paradigm example of a specialized system in the cerebral cortex. It is therefore surprising that few researchers interested in the neural substrate of non-human primate auditory processing have adopted a similar naturalistic approach. With the advent of new signal-processing techniques and the exponential growth in our knowledge of primate behavior, the time has arrived for a neurobiological investigation of the primate auditory system based on principles derived from ethology. A neuroethology of primate hearing may also yield insights into human speech processing. Like speech, the species-specific vocalizations of non-human primates mediate social interactions, convey important emotional information, and in some cases refer to objects and events in the caller's environment. These functional similarities suggest that the selective pressures that shaped primate vocal communication are similar to those that influenced the evolution of human speech. As such, investigating the perception and production of vocalizations in extant non-human primates provides one avenue for understanding the neural mechanisms of speech and for illuminating the substrates underlying the evolution of human language. Primate Audition: Ethology and Neurobiology is the first book whose primary purpose is to bridge the epistemological gap between primate ethologists and auditory neurobiologists. To do this, the knowledge of leading world experts on different aspects of primate auditory function has been brought together in a single volume. The book covers the state-of-the-art work on a variety of issues in primate auditory perception. Topics include the functional organization and anatomy of the primate auditory system, spatial localization of sounds and its neural basis, function and perception of conspecific and heterospecific vocalizations and their ontogeny, neural encoding of complex sounds, vocal production and its relationship to perception, and the acoustic cues guiding vocal recognition. This synthesis of ethological and neurobiological approaches to primate vocal behavior is likely to yield the richest understanding of the acoustic and neural bases of primate audition. 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