Beyond aerodigestion: Exaptation of feedingrelated mouth movements for social communication in human and nonhuman primates



Murray, Lynne, Sclafani, Valentina, Rayson, Holly, De Pascalis, Leonardo ORCID: 0000-0002-9150-3468, Bozicevic, Laura ORCID: 0000-0001-8629-1723 and Ferrari, Pier Francesco
(2017) Beyond aerodigestion: Exaptation of feedingrelated mouth movements for social communication in human and nonhuman primates. BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES, 40. e397-.

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Abstract

Three arguments are advanced from human and nonhuman primate infancy research for the exaptation of ingestive mouth movements (tongue protrusion and lip smacking) for the purposes of social communication: their relation to affiliative behaviours, their sensitivity to social context, and their role in social development. Although these behaviours may have an aerodigestive function, such an account of their occurrence is only partial.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Mouth, Animals, Primates, Humans, Speech, Interpersonal Relations, Pregnancy, Social Environment, Infant, Newborn, Female
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2016 09:31
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:24
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16001941
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3004972