Topic: conversational exchanges

Communication is an inherently interactive behavior involving the coordinated exchange of social signals between two or more individuals. Studies exploring the neural basis of communication in the primate brain have traditionally focused on how these signals are processed or produced, leaving many facets of vocal behavior largely unexplored. One challenge has been limitations of traditional analyses for quantifying the often variable, dynamic nature of natural communication behaviors, such as conversational exchanges. Here we recorded the activity of single neurons in prefrontal and premotor c