2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights jointly organized by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development opens today. First of all, on behalf of the China Foundation for...2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights jointly organized by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development opens today. First of all, on behalf of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development, I would like to express warm congratulations on the opening of the forum, a展开更多
In order to celebrate Chongqing as a directly governed city region for ten years and also the First China Chongqing Cultural Artistic Festival, Chongqing Acrobatic Artistic Troupe gave a large acrobatic play of fairy ...In order to celebrate Chongqing as a directly governed city region for ten years and also the First China Chongqing Cultural Artistic Festival, Chongqing Acrobatic Artistic Troupe gave a large acrobatic play of fairy story Red Dancing Shoes. From June 1st to June 3rd, the performance in public of Red Dancing Shoes got a complete success. The media including Chongqing TV Station,展开更多
Communication relies on signals that can be produced via different sensory modalities to modify receivers’behavior.During social interactions,the possibility to perceive subtle visual cues enhances the use of facial ...Communication relies on signals that can be produced via different sensory modalities to modify receivers’behavior.During social interactions,the possibility to perceive subtle visual cues enhances the use of facial expressions to exchange information.One of the most appropriate fields to explore the specific design features of visual signals is play fighting.Here,we explored the production and potential role of Relaxed Open Mouth(ROM)and Head Bobbing(HB)in regulating play fighting of wild spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta,a highly hierarchical carnivore species.In accordance with the assumptions of the signal optimization theory,wild hyenas produced ROM and HB almost exclusively when the sender was in direct visual contact with the receiver thus suggesting that senders were attentive to the playmates’face.Contrary to HB,the sequential analysis revealed that ROM often anticipated offensive patterns such as play biting thus supporting the hypothesis that ROM,but not HB,is a metacomunicative signal.Moreover,when the offensive patterns were biased toward one of the 2 players,the session was punctuated by a higher number of ROMs.Our findings support the general hypothesis that these 2 visual signals can play different roles in the management of play fighting in this carnivore species.The complementary use of ROM and HB would suggest that spotted hyenas are highly competent and fast in processing facial displays of different nature to correctly“read others’intentions”and respond with appropriate motor actions to avoid misunderstanding during one of the most multifaceted and risky social interaction.展开更多
文摘2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights jointly organized by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development opens today. First of all, on behalf of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development, I would like to express warm congratulations on the opening of the forum, a
文摘In order to celebrate Chongqing as a directly governed city region for ten years and also the First China Chongqing Cultural Artistic Festival, Chongqing Acrobatic Artistic Troupe gave a large acrobatic play of fairy story Red Dancing Shoes. From June 1st to June 3rd, the performance in public of Red Dancing Shoes got a complete success. The media including Chongqing TV Station,
文摘Communication relies on signals that can be produced via different sensory modalities to modify receivers’behavior.During social interactions,the possibility to perceive subtle visual cues enhances the use of facial expressions to exchange information.One of the most appropriate fields to explore the specific design features of visual signals is play fighting.Here,we explored the production and potential role of Relaxed Open Mouth(ROM)and Head Bobbing(HB)in regulating play fighting of wild spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta,a highly hierarchical carnivore species.In accordance with the assumptions of the signal optimization theory,wild hyenas produced ROM and HB almost exclusively when the sender was in direct visual contact with the receiver thus suggesting that senders were attentive to the playmates’face.Contrary to HB,the sequential analysis revealed that ROM often anticipated offensive patterns such as play biting thus supporting the hypothesis that ROM,but not HB,is a metacomunicative signal.Moreover,when the offensive patterns were biased toward one of the 2 players,the session was punctuated by a higher number of ROMs.Our findings support the general hypothesis that these 2 visual signals can play different roles in the management of play fighting in this carnivore species.The complementary use of ROM and HB would suggest that spotted hyenas are highly competent and fast in processing facial displays of different nature to correctly“read others’intentions”and respond with appropriate motor actions to avoid misunderstanding during one of the most multifaceted and risky social interaction.
