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Beyond aerodigestion: Exaptation of feeding-related mouth movements for social communication in human and nonhuman primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

Lynne Murray ,
Valentina Sclafani ,
Holly Rayson ,
Leonardo De Pascalis ,
Laura Bozicevic  and
Pier Francesco Ferrari
Lynne Murray
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 7BE, United Kingdom.lynne.murray@reading.ac.uk v.sclafani@reading.ac.uk h.rayson@pgr.reading.ac.uk l.bozicevic@reading.ac.uk https://www.reading.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/lynne-murray.aspx https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentina_Sclafani https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Holly_Rayson https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura_Bozicevic Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa. Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa.
Valentina Sclafani
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 7BE, United Kingdom.lynne.murray@reading.ac.uk v.sclafani@reading.ac.uk h.rayson@pgr.reading.ac.uk l.bozicevic@reading.ac.uk https://www.reading.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/lynne-murray.aspx https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentina_Sclafani https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Holly_Rayson https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura_Bozicevic
Holly Rayson
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 7BE, United Kingdom.lynne.murray@reading.ac.uk v.sclafani@reading.ac.uk h.rayson@pgr.reading.ac.uk l.bozicevic@reading.ac.uk https://www.reading.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/lynne-murray.aspx https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentina_Sclafani https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Holly_Rayson https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura_Bozicevic
Leonardo De Pascalis
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZA, United Kingdom. leonardo.depascalis@liverpool.ac.uk https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/staff/leonardo-de-pascalis/
Laura Bozicevic
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 7BE, United Kingdom.lynne.murray@reading.ac.uk v.sclafani@reading.ac.uk h.rayson@pgr.reading.ac.uk l.bozicevic@reading.ac.uk https://www.reading.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/lynne-murray.aspx https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentina_Sclafani https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Holly_Rayson https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura_Bozicevic
Pier Francesco Ferrari
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS, Bron, 69675, France. pierfrancesco.ferrari@unipr.it http://en.unipr.it/ugov/person/17750
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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.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e397
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