Evolution of temporal interaction: A comparative approach to social timing

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1 Veterinary & Research Department, Sealcentre Pieterburen, Pieterburen, The Netherlands
2 AI-Lab, Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
3 Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands
4 Basic and Applied NeuroDynamics Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.3275v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Animal Behavior, Evolutionary Studies, Neuroscience, Zoology, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords
evolutionary neuroscience, social cognition, striatal beat frequency model, timing, time perception, basal ganglia, comparative cognition
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© 2017 Ravignani et al.
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Ravignani A, Kotz S. 2017. Evolution of temporal interaction: A comparative approach to social timing. PeerJ Preprints 5:e3275v1

Abstract

Increasing empirical research shows a deep connection between timing processes and neural processing of social information. An integrative theoretical framework for prospective studies in humans was recently proposed, linking timing to sociality. A similar framework guiding research in non-human animals is desirable, ideally encompassing as many taxonomic groups and sensory modalities as possible in order to embrace the diversity of social and timing behaviour across species. Here we expand on a previous theoretical account, introducing this debate to animal behaviour. We suggest adopting an evolutionary perspective on social timing in animals: i.e. a comparative approach to probe the link between temporal and social behaviour across a broad range of animal species. This approach should advance our understanding of animal social timing that is, how social behaviour and timing are mutually affected, and possibly of its evolutionary history in our own lineage. We conclude by identifying outstanding questions and testable hypotheses in animal social timing.

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