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  "abstract": "Socially mediated vocal plasticity, such as vocal accommodation, is an important mechanism for maintaining social cohesion and coordination in group-living animals. Yet, the cognitive mechanisms underlying vocal accommodation remain poorly understood. Here we scrutinize the temporal dynamics of vocal accommodation in common marmosets by tracking the vocalizations of pairs during the first two months after pair formation. We show that vocal accommodation in marmoset pairs displayed the following properties: (i) bidirectional learning (i.e. both males and females underwent equal amount of vocal change); (ii) an exponential decrease in vocal distance with time; (iii) sensitivity to initial vocal distance, that is, pairs converged to a higher extent when their vocalizations were initially more dissimilar; and (iv) synchronous dyadic movement through acoustic space. We find that mathematical models capturing these characteristics and accurately simulating the phenomena rely on dynamic template matching. This suggests that marmosets match their vocalizations to an auditory template continuously updated to track changes in partners' vocalizations, a dynamic form of vocal learning. The model thus suggests that vocal convergence is a highly interactive process that may have provided a foundation for more advanced vocal learning in primates, resonating with recent claims about its role in language evolution.",
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    "Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, 3",
    "University of Zurich, 1",
    "University of Zurich, 2",
    "Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune",
    "Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India",
    "Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich",
    "Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ), University of Zurich and ETH Zurich",
    "Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland",
    "Winterthurerstrasse 90, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland",
    "German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, 4",
    "Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg , 37077 Göttingen, Germany",
    "University of Zurich, 5",
    "Affolternstrasse 6, 800 Zürich, Switzerland",
    "Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution (ISLE), University of Zurich"
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  "doi": "10.1098/rspb.2026.0743",
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  "pmid": "42229922",
  "published": "2026-06-03",
  "publisher": "Royal Society",
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  "title": "Dynamic vocal learning in adult marmoset monkeys",
  "title_text": "Dynamic vocal learning in adult marmoset monkeys",
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  "venue": "Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences",
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