RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 High-fidelity continuum modeling predicts avian voiced sound production
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 790857
DO 10.1101/790857
A1 W. Jiang
A1 J.H. Rasmussen
A1 Q. Xue
A1 M. Ding
A1 X. Zheng
A1 C.P.H. Elemans
YR 2019
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/10/10/790857.abstract
AB Voiced sound production is the primary form of acoustic communication in terrestrial vertebrates, particularly birds and mammals, including humans. Developing a causal physics-based model that links descending vocal motor control to tissue vibration and sound requires embodied approaches that include realistic representations of voice physiology. Here we first implement and then experimentally test a high-fidelity three-dimensional continuum model for voiced sound production in birds. Driven by individual-based physiologically quantifiable inputs, combined with non-invasive inverse methods for tissue material parameterization, our model accurately predicts observed key vibratory and acoustic performance traits. These results demonstrate that realistic models lead to accurate predictions and support the continuum model approach as a critical tool towards a causal model of motor control of voiced sound production.