Auditory representation of conspecific calls improves throughout ontogeny in a singing fish | Biology Letters A central question in understanding acoustic communication systems is how auditory processing develops relative to vocal differentiation. While the development of auditory processing of conspecific vo...

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4/7 🐋🎶 Researchers faced a challenge: identifying "words" in whale songs. They used the method babies use – listening for unusual sound combinations, which often mark word boundaries. This approach revealed the Zipfian distribution in whale songs! #InfantLearning #AcousticSignals #WordBoundaries