Emotional responses to conspecific distress calls are modulated by affiliation in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus).

Vocal communication is used across the animal kingdom to transfer information from emitters to receivers, such as size, sex, age, dominance status or even emotional states. The transmission of an emotional state from one individual to another is called "emotional contagion" and is classifi...

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Main Authors: Agatha Liévin-Bazin, Maxime Pineaux, Olivier Clerc, Manfred Gahr, Auguste M P von Bayern, Dalila Bovet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177178?pdf=render