Studies on the primate model and the primate origins of voice physiology in human speech

• Project/Area Number: 24687030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Physical anthropology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Nishimura Takeshi 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (80452308)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,320,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
• Keywords: 音声 / 霊長類 / ヘリウム音声 / 話しことば / 音声シミュレーション / 国際研究者交流 / へリウム音声 / 社会学習 / 国際情報交換 / 音声言語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project examined the voice physiology in non-human primates. to explore the evolutionary process of the speech physiology. The helium voice experiments in macaques and marmosets were performed to show the Source-Filter Theory and source-filter independence in non-human primates. We were successful in operant conditioning of voice production in macaques, and analyzed its training process to show the lower regulation in vocalization compared to manual movements. The phonation was examined to show macaques have different modes in vocal vibration to produce varied vocalizations.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] ウィーン大学(オーストリア)
• [Journal Article] Impaired air conditioning within the nasal cavity in flat-faced Homo (2016)
  • Author(s): Nishimura, T., Mori, F., Hanida, S., Kumahata, K., Ishikawa, S., Samarat, K., Miyabe-Nishiwaki, T., Hayashi, M., Tomonaga, M., Suzuki, J., Matsuzawa, T., Matsuzawa, T.
  • Journal Title: PLoS Computational Biology Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Pages: e1004807-e1004807
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004807
  • NAID: 120005733122
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The source-filter theory of whistle-like calls in marmosets: Acoustic analysis and simulation of helium-modulated voices (2015)
  • Author(s): Hiroki Koda, Isao T. Tokuda, Masumi Wakita, Tsuyoshi Ito and Takeshi Nishimura
  • Journal Title: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Volume: 137 Issue: 6 Pages: 3068-3076
  • DOI: 10.1121/1.4921607
  • NAID: 120005670856
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 化石から探る話しことばの起源 (2014)
  • Author(s): 西村剛
  • Journal Title: 生物科学 Volume: 65
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Soprano singing in gibbons (2012)
  • Author(s): Hiroki Koda
  • Journal Title: American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume: vol. 149 Issue: 3 Pages: 347-355
  • DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22124
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Vocal inhibition enhances to decouple the vocalizations from emotion (2016)
  • Author(s): Koda H, Kunieda T, Nishimura T.
  • Organizer: Workshop " The Evolution of Speech", The 11th Evolution of Language International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: New Orleans (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Primate voice physiology: similarities and differences between humans and non-human primates (2016)
  • Author(s): Nishimura T.
  • Organizer: Workshop " The Evolution of Speech", The 11th Evolution of Language International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: New Orleans (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Electroglottographic assessment of in vivo Japanese Macaque sound production (2016)
  • Author(s): Herbst CT, Koda H, Kunieda T, Suzuki J, Garcia M, Fitch T, Nishimura T
  • Organizer: The 10th International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics
  • Place of Presentation: Vina del Mar (Chile)
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-14
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 嚥下と話しことばの進化 (2016)
  • Author(s): 西村剛
  • Organizer: バイオインテグレーション学会第6回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪医科大学(大阪・大阪市中央区)
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-13
  • Invited
• [Presentation] マーモセットの音声生成の生理学的メカニズム (2015)
  • Author(s): 西村剛, 香田啓貴, 徳田功, 脇田真清, 伊藤毅
  • Organizer: 第31回日本霊長類学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学(京都・京都市左京区)
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-17
• [Presentation] Helium experiment and vocal physiology of the phee calls in common marmosets (2015)
  • Author(s): Nishimura T, Koda H, Tokuda IT, Wakita M, Ito T.
  • Organizer: 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
  • Place of Presentation: Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark (St. Louis, MO)
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-24 – 2015-03-28
• [Presentation] マーモセットにおけるホイッスル様音声の生成メカニズム (2014)
  • Author(s): 西村剛、香田啓貴、徳田功、脇田真清、伊藤毅
  • Organizer: 第68回日本人類学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松 (静岡県浜松市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-31 – 2014-11-03
• [Presentation] A Chinese alligator in heliox: investigating the potential of honest acoustic signals in crocodilians (2014)
  • Author(s): Stephan Reber, Takeshi Nishimura, Judith Janisch, Mark Robertson & Tecumseh Fitch
  • Organizer: 9th Topical Meeting of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e. V. ― Function and Mechanisms of Animal Behaviour
  • Place of Presentation: Tutzing, Germany
• [Presentation] Digital archives of medical imaging scans for non-human primates: contributions to comparative anatomy (2013)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nishimura
  • Organizer: Swiss-Kyoto Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Zurich, Swiss
• [Presentation] Anatomical variation of the hyo-laryngeal complex in hylobatids and its acoustic implications. (2012)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nishimura 4 Kirito Matsui
  • Organizer: International Primatological Society XXIV Congresses Cancun 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Cancun Center (メキシコ)
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-15
• [Book] 新・霊長類学のすすめ (2012)
  • Author(s): 西村剛
  • Publisher: 丸善出版
• [Remarks] ヒトの鼻腔機能はチンパンジーに及ばない －それでも、原人は出アフリカを遂げた－
  • URL: http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/research/research_results/2015/160325_1.html