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Multimodal pair‐bond maintenance: A review of signaling across modalities in pair‐bonded nonhuman primates
Author(s) -
Singletary Britt,
Tecot Stacey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.23105
Subject(s) - modalities , pair bond , primate , communication , computer science , human–computer interaction , modality (human–computer interaction) , biology , cognitive psychology , evolutionary biology , ecology , psychology , sociology , social science
Only a handful of primate species exhibit the social relationship of pair‐bonding. Efficient communication is critical for behavioral coordination within pair‐bonds to maintain proximity and respond appropriately to extra‐pair individuals, and possibly coordinate infant care. The use of complex signaling across modalities may help individuals improve communicative outcomes. We review many ways that pair‐bonded species use signals to communicate and maintain bonds, though little previous research has taken a truly multimodal approach within a single species. We make a call for further investigation into pair‐bonded communication using a multimodal approach to better understand how these species use all their senses to build, maintain, and advertise their bonds.