Noise matters : the evolution of communication / R. Haven Wiley.
Wiley, R. Haven.; ProQuest (Firm)
2015
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Title Noise matters : the evolution of communication / R. Haven Wiley.
Author Wiley, R. Haven.
ISBN 9780674287044 (electronic bk.)
0674287045 (electronic bk.)
9780674744127
0674744128
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 502 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 40025104172
Call Number QP465 .W55 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 612.8/5
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-490) and index.
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Part One. Noise and Ways to Reduce it
1. Noise and signals introduced
2. Producing acoustic signals in noise
3. Receiving acoustic signals in noise
4. Transmission of acoustic signals
5. Adaptations to noise in different environments
6. Reducing noise, enhancing performance
Part Two. Evolution of Signalers and Receivers
7. Signals, receivers, and evolution
8. Optimal receivers and signalers
9. Payoffs for participants
10. Joint optima for signalers and receivers
11. Evaluation and extension of the model
Part Three. Altered Perspectives
12. Honesty in communication
13. Sexual selection as communication
14. Cooperation by communication
15. Complex societies
16. Molecular signals
Part Four. Far Horizons
17. Human communication
18. Truth in language
19. Subjectivity
20. Verification.

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