Structural brain asymmetries for language: a comparative approach across primates

Y Becker, A Meguerditchian - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Humans are the only species that can speak. Nonhuman primates, however, share some
'domain-general'cognitive properties that are essential to language processes. Whether …

On the gestural origins of language: What baboons' gestures and brain have told us after 15 years of research

A Meguerditchian - Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Nonhuman primates mostly communicate not only with a rich vocal repertoire but also with
manual and body gestures. In contrast to great apes, this latter communicative gestural …

The baboon: A model for the study of language evolution

J Fagot, LJ Boë, F Berthomier, N Claidière… - Journal of Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Comparative research on the origins of human language often focuses on a limited number
of language-related cognitive functions or anatomical structures that are compared across …

Language Origins

GE King - Baboon Perspectives on Early Human Ancestors: One …, 2024 - Springer
Human language is a complex phenomenon with several levels of organization. Baboon
analogies suggest the possibility that components of human language evolved more or less …

[PDF][PDF] Comparing human and nonhuman animal performance on domain-general functions: Towards a multiple bottleneck scenario of language evolution

J Fagot, R Malassis, T Medam… - Origins of Human …, 2017 - library.oapen.org
How come that Homo sapiens is the sole animal species communicating with a language
(ie, a human language)? Theorists of language evolution have mostly adopted a human …

[PDF][PDF] Structural Brain Asymmetries for Language: A Comparative Approach across Primates. Symmetry 2022, 14, 876

Y Becker, A Meguerditchian - Cognitive and Neurophysiological Models …, 2022 - core.ac.uk
Humans are the only species that can speak. Nonhuman primates, however, share some
'domain-general'cognitive properties that are essential to language processes. Whether …

Are Baboons Able to Consider the Other's Knowledge State When Pointing? Theory of Mind & Neuroanatomical Correlates within the Superior Temporal Sulcus

L Rivoal, L Samain-Aupic, K Margiotoudi… - blogs.phil.hhu.de
During a conversation, language efficiency is strongly related to the “audience design”
capacity (Bell, 1984) to anticipate and update the recipient's representations and …