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CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue -, Pages 115-120Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.002
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- NSF IOS [1257768]
- NIH [R01 MH066128]
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1257768] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Human speech and language underlie many aspects of social behavior and thus understanding their ultimate evolutionary function and proximate genetic and neural mechanisms is a fundamental goal in neuroscience. Mouse ultrasonic vocalizations have recently received enormous attention as possible models for human speech. This attention has raised the question of whether these vocalizations are learned and what roles they play in communication. In this review, we first discuss recent evidence that ultrasonic vocalizations are not learned. We then review current evidence addressing how adult vocalizations may communicate courtship, territorial and/or other information. While there is growing evidence that these signals play key roles in communication, many important questions remain unanswered.
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