Animal pointing: Changing trends and findings from 30 years of research.
The past 30 years have witnessed a continued and growing interest in the production and
comprehension of manual pointing gestures in nonhuman animals. Captive primates with …
comprehension of manual pointing gestures in nonhuman animals. Captive primates with …
Are great apes tested with an abject object-choice task?
NJ Mulcahy, V Hedge - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
A surprising finding in comparative social cognition is that great apes seem to have
difficulties understanding others' communicative behaviour. In no other paradigm is this …
difficulties understanding others' communicative behaviour. In no other paradigm is this …
Joint attention in human and chimpanzee infants in varied socio‐ecological contexts
Joint attention (JA) is an early manifestation of social cognition, commonly described as
interactions in which an infant looks or gestures to an adult female to share attention about …
interactions in which an infant looks or gestures to an adult female to share attention about …
The mismeasure of ape social cognition
In his classic analysis, Gould (The mismeasure of man, WW Norton, New York, 1981)
demolished the idea that intelligence was an inherent, genetic trait of different human …
demolished the idea that intelligence was an inherent, genetic trait of different human …
Nonhuman primates do declare! A comparison of declarative symbol and gesture use in two children, two bonobos, and a chimpanzee
H Lyn, PM Greenfield, S Savage-Rumbaugh… - Language & …, 2011 - Elsevier
While numerous publications have shown that apes can learn some aspects of human
language, one frequently cited difference between humans and apes is the relative …
language, one frequently cited difference between humans and apes is the relative …
Gestural and symbolic development among apes and humans: support for a multimodal theory of language evolution
What are the implications of similarities and differences in the gestural and symbolic
development of apes and humans? This focused review uses as a starting point our recent …
development of apes and humans? This focused review uses as a starting point our recent …
Apes communicate about absent and displaced objects: methodology matters
Displaced reference is the ability to refer to an item that has been moved (displaced) in
space and/or time, and has been called one of the true hallmarks of referential …
space and/or time, and has been called one of the true hallmarks of referential …
Ontogeny vs. phylogeny in primate/canid comparisons: A meta-analysis of the object choice task
H Clark, MM Elsherif, DA Leavens - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Object Choice Task (OCT) is a widely used paradigm with which researchers
measure the ability of a subject to comprehend deictic (directional) cues, such as pointing …
measure the ability of a subject to comprehend deictic (directional) cues, such as pointing …
19 Apes and the Evolution of Language: Taking Stock of 40 Years of Research
H Lyn - The Oxford handbook of comparative evolutionary …, 2012 - books.google.com
Abstract In 1969, Allen and Beatrice Gardner published the first account of sign language-
acquisition in a chimpanzee in Science. This paper stimulated numerous ape language …
acquisition in a chimpanzee in Science. This paper stimulated numerous ape language …
Are chimpanzees really so poor at understanding imperative pointing? Some new data and an alternative view of canine and ape social cognition
There is considerable interest in comparative research on different species' abilities to
respond to human communicative cues such as gaze and pointing. It has been reported that …
respond to human communicative cues such as gaze and pointing. It has been reported that …