Moderate evidence for a Lombard effect in a phylogenetically basal primate

When exposed to enhanced background noise, humans avoid signal masking by increasing the amplitude of the voice, a phenomenon termed the Lombard effect. This auditory feedback-mediated voice control has also been found in monkeys, bats, cetaceans, fish and some frogs and birds. We studied the Lombar...

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Main Authors: Christian Schopf, Sabine Schmidt, Elke Zimmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2328.pdf