title: Differences in auditory timing between human and nonhuman primates.
abstract: The gradual audiomotor evolution hypothesis is proposed as an alternative interpretation to the auditory timing mechanisms discussed in Ackermann et al.'s article. This hypothesis accommodates the fact that the performance of nonhuman primates is comparable to humans in single-interval tasks (such as interval reproduction, categorization, and interception), but shows differences in multiple-interval tasks (such as entrainment, synchronization, and continuation).
authors.affiliation: Amsterdam Brain and Cognition,Institute for Logic,Language and Computation,University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam,The Netherlands.honing@uva.nlhttp://www.mcg.uva.nl/hh/
authors.forename: Henkjan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honing
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Neuroscience,Instituto de Neurobiología,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,Campus Juriquila,Querétaro,México.hugomerchant@unam.mxhttp://132.248.142.13/personal/merchant/members.html.
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merchant
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology*; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*