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1、AcousticallyControlledCursorTracking32AnExaminationofTrackingSkillinSmallWhalesorDolphinsUsinganAcousticVideo-Task(AProposalforResearch)C.G.PrinceUniversityofHawaiiatManoa,andKewaloBasinMarineMammalLaboratoryTheauthorscurrentaddressis:TheUniversityofSouthwesternLouisiana,NewIberiaResearchCente

2、r,LaboratoryofComparativeBehavioralBiology,100AvenueD,NewIberia,LA70560USA.Email:cgp@cacs.usl.edu10November1992Runningheader:ACOUSTICALLYCONTROLLEDCURSORTRACKINGAcousticallyControlledCursorTracking32AbstractIthasbeenarguedthatperceptionandactionarefunctionallyinseparable(vonHofsten,1985).Cogni

3、tiveresearchonsmallodontocetes(toothedwhales)fromthisperspectiveisvirtuallyabsent.AnAcousticVideo-Task(AVT)isdescribedinwhichasmallwhaleordolphintracksacursoronavideodisplayusingsoundproductionsforcursorcontrol.Possiblecontrolsoundsincludefrequencymodulatedpure-tonewhistles.Frequencyvariations

4、houldbeanaturalcontroldimensionforanimalsthatproducefrequencymodulatedsounds(Herman&Tavolga,1980).Ofinterestistheanimals'abilitytousevisualinputandacousticproductionstopredictivelytrackoranticipatevariationincursorlocation.Thestudyexaminesserialanticipationlearningandsensorimotoradaptabilityin

5、smallodontocetes.AVTisanewtechnologyusefulwithsmallwhalesanddolphinsthatprovidesseveralbenefits:(i)abionomically(ergonomicsfornonhumananimals)suitedinteractionmechanism,(ii)amethodforcomparativestudy,and(iii)aninitialplatformforinvestigationscenteredaroundmodelsofcommunicativeexchangethroughac

6、ousticinteraction.AcousticallyControlledCursorTracking32INTRODUCTIONSensorimotoradaptabilityandserialanticipationlearninginmarinemammalshavenotbeenstudiedusingtrackingtasks.Thisresearchwillexaminetheabilitiesofsmallwhalesordolphinstoperformacursortrackingtask,throughtheuseofanAcousticThetermac

7、ousticisusedratherthanvocalasthelatterhasconnotationsincludinghumanspeechproduction.Acousticinreferencetoanimalswillrefertoreceptivesensesandsoundsproducedthroughspecializedbiologicalmechanisms,ratherthanthroughmechanicalmeans(e.g.,aflu