The First Call Note Plays a Crucial Role in Frog Vocal Communication.

ABSTRACT: Vocal Communication plays a crucial role in survival and reproductive success in most amphibian species. Although amphibian communication sounds are often complex consisting of many temporal features, we know little about the biological significance of each temporal component. The present study examined the biological significance of notes of the male advertisement calls of the Emei music frog (Babina daunchina) using the optimized electroencephalogram (EEG) paradigm of mismatch negativity (MMN). Music frog calls generally contain four to six notes separated approximately by 150 millisecond intervals. A standard stimulus (white noise) and five deviant stimuli (five notes from one advertisement call) were played back to each subject while simultaneously recording multi-channel EEG signals.

SUBMITTER: Yue X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5579009 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature