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

Murray, L., Scalfani, V., Rayson, H., De Pascalis, L., Bozicevic, L. and Ferrari, P. F. (2017) Beyond aerodigestion: exaptation of feeding-related mouth movements for social communication in human and non-human primates. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. e397. ISSN 0140-525X doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001941

Abstract/Summary

Three arguments are advanced from human and non-human 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.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/67552
Identification Number/DOI	10.1017/S0140525X16001941
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Development Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Neuroscience Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Winnicott
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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