Mary Bates, PhD

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Order Matters in Lizard Visual Displays

Photo: Kevin Woo.The order of specific units, or syntax, is important for many types of acoustic communication, including human speech and birdsong. But does the effectiveness of visual communication depend on syntax as well?Read about how syntax affects responses to visual displays in the jacky dragon in my latest Zoologic post: In Lizard Visual Displays, Order Matters.