Provocation of verbal interaction of dolphins via a hydro-acoustic channel on the basis of cognitive empathy
https://doi.org/10.59887/2073-6673.2023.16(2)-7
Abstract
The provocation of the hydroacoustic communication interaction of Tursiops truncatus dolphins based on cognitive empathy showed that they use packets of ultrashort pulses (USPs) in the process of “dialogue”. The duration of bursts varies from 40 ms to 3000 ms with modulation of the interval between USPs from ~1 to ~120 ms and pauses between bursts. The interval modulation pattern is structured using various modulation laws. The communication signals were obtained in an experiment with theparticipation of three animals, who knew the main task of sequential acoustic differentiation of two objective stimuli. The impetus for hydroacoustic interaction is the resolution of uncertainty when teaching the respondent the inverse differentiation problem. This generates emotional empathy in observers and provokes vocalization between individuals. The advantages and disadvantages of methodological methods of provoking hydroacoustic interaction are considered in detail, starting the process of cognitive empathy. In the method under consideration, echolocation and communication signals are spaced apart in time and space, which allows them to be uniquely identified.
Keywords
dolphin verbal communication,
bursts of impulses,
interval modulation in packets of communication signals
Supporting agencies: The work was supported by the grant of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation RNP Reg. No. 2.1.1/3773, AVCN 2009-2010. The work was carried out within the framework of the state assignment: No. FMWE-2021-0014 (IO RAS), No. 075-00869-22-00 (SPbRC RAS).
About the Authors
M. P. Ivanov
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
7–9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034
A. A. Rodionov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences; St. Petersburg Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
36 Nakhimovsky Prosp., Moscow, 117997
5 Universitetskaya Nab., St. Petersburg, 199034
L. E. Leonova
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
7–9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034
T. V. Grishina
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
7–9 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034
L. K. Rimskaya-Korsakova
JSC Acoustic Institute named after N.N. Andreev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
4 Shvernik Str., Moscow, 117449
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Ivanov M.P., Rodionov A.A., Leonova L.E., Grishina T.V., Rimskaya-Korsakova L.K. Provocation of verbal interaction of dolphins via a hydro-acoustic channel on the basis of cognitive empathy. Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics. 2023;16(2):89-110. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.59887/2073-6673.2023.16(2)-7
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