Thanks. FWIW, instead of saying “this attention mechanism should also be responsible for the increased behavior copying”, I would instead say “this attention mechanism should also be somehow impacting the process which is responsible for the increased behavior copying” (and that process is presumably happening outside auditory cortex).
After all, “generally paying more attention to incoming sounds” doesn’t in itself explain how specific behaviors happen, right?
Oh, I would also say “increased pup-retrieval behavior” instead of “increased behavior copying”, because the latter implies something about the mechanism (e.g. that it involves the virgin observing the mother’s behavior), and that implication might or might not be valid, I don’t know.
Here is an interesting follow-up study that looks at social transmission of pup-care behaviors:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03814-7
If your attention theory is right then this attention mechanism should also be responsible for the increase behavior copying.
Thanks. FWIW, instead of saying “this attention mechanism should also be responsible for the increased behavior copying”, I would instead say “this attention mechanism should also be somehow impacting the process which is responsible for the increased behavior copying” (and that process is presumably happening outside auditory cortex).
After all, “generally paying more attention to incoming sounds” doesn’t in itself explain how specific behaviors happen, right?
Oh, I would also say “increased pup-retrieval behavior” instead of “increased behavior copying”, because the latter implies something about the mechanism (e.g. that it involves the virgin observing the mother’s behavior), and that implication might or might not be valid, I don’t know.