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The ethological approach has already provided rich insights into the neurobiology of a number of different species. Unfortunately, neuroscientists who investigate the function and structure of primate brains often focus on what they believe are more general cognitive processes and neglect primates' species-typical behaviours. Based on the consistency with which behavioral adaptations are mediated by specialized neural systems in the animal kingdom, we believe that the design of primate neural systems should reflect the specialized functions that these systems have evolved to carry out, like social communication. Our research combines the study of primate vocal behaviour with neurophysiology. Current work focuses on the auditory, visual and multi-modal processing of vocal and facial expressions in monkeys.
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