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A pattern of common acoustic modification by human mothers to gain attention of a child and by macaques of others in their group.

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Criticisms of how Niwano and Sugai (2002) conducted their analysis of pitch change in human mothers repeated utterances to their children suggest mothers resort to utterance with elevated pitch when infants are initially unresponsive. When this ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002Oct in Journal: Psychol Rep (Language : eng)

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1. Psychol Rep. 2002 Oct;91(2):421-2

A pattern of common acoustic modification by human mothers to gain attention of a child and by macaques of others in their group.

Koda H, Masataka N

Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan. koda@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Criticisms of how Niwano and Sugai (2002) conducted their analysis of pitch change in human mothers' repeated utterances to their children suggest mothers resort to utterance with elevated pitch when infants are initially unresponsive. When this phenomenon is compared with an evaluation of similar data for free-ranging macaques, a certain common pattern of human mothers and the macaques may be observed in seeking to gain the attention of another.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Hiroki	Koda	H
Nobuo	Masataka	N

Affiliation: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan. koda@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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