Large Edward W, Gray Patricia M
Department of Psychology and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut.
Music Research Institute/Biomusic Program, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
J Comp Psychol. 2015 Nov;129(4):317-28. doi: 10.1037/com0000011. Epub 2015 Jul 6.
The emergence of speech and music in the human species represent major evolutionary transitions that enabled the use of complex, temporally structured acoustic signals to coordinate social interaction. While the fundamental capacity for temporal coordination with complex acoustic signals has been shown in a few distantly related species, the extent to which nonhuman primates exhibit sensitivity to auditory rhythms remains controversial. In Experiment 1, we assessed spontaneous motor tempo and tempo matching in a bonobo (Pan paniscus), in the context of a social drumming interaction. In Experiment 2, the bonobo spontaneously entrained and synchronized her drum strikes within a range around her spontaneous motor tempo. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the evolution of acoustic communication builds upon fundamental neurodynamic mechanisms that can be found in a wide range of species, and are recruited for social interactions.
人类语言和音乐的出现代表了重大的进化转变，这些转变使得人们能够利用复杂的、具有时间结构的声学信号来协调社会互动。虽然在一些亲缘关系较远的物种中已经显示出与复杂声学信号进行时间协调的基本能力，但非人类灵长类动物对听觉节奏的敏感程度仍存在争议。在实验1中，我们在社会击鼓互动的背景下，评估了一只倭黑猩猩（Pan paniscus）的自发运动节奏和节奏匹配情况。在实验2中，这只倭黑猩猩在其自发运动节奏周围的范围内自发地使她的击鼓动作产生了节奏跟随和同步。我们的结果与以下假设一致：声学通讯的进化建立在广泛物种中都能找到的基本神经动力学机制之上，并被用于社会互动。
