Why a species as successful as Homo sapiens should spend so much time in fiction, in
telling one another stories that neither side believes, at first seems an evolutionary riddle …

Social gaze has received much attention in social cognition research in both human and
non-human animals. Gaze following appears to be a central skill for acquiring social …

Though competition and cooperation are often considered opposing forces in an arms race
driving natural selection, many animals, including humans, cooperate in order to mitigate …

Tactical deception has been widely reported in primates on a functional basis, but details of
behavioral mechanisms are usually unspecified. We tested a pair of chimpanzees (Pan …

In 'Zijn we slim genoeg om te weten hoe slim dieren zijn?'maakt Frans de Waal een balans
op: wat is het verschil tussen menselijke en dierlijke intelligentie, en vooral: hoe komen we …

In many species, individuals must contribute extensively to offspring care to reproduce
successfully. Within species, variation in care is driven by local social, physiological, and …

Gaze sensitivity allows us to interpret the visual perspective of others, inferring their
intentions and attentional states. In order to clarify the evolutionary history of this ability, we …

Eye contact is essential for human interactions. We investigated whether humans are able to
avoid eye contact while navigating crowds. At a science festival, we fitted 62 participants …

L'expression «théorie de l'esprit» réfère à la capacité d'attribuer des états mentaux à soi-
même et aux autres. Les états mentaux étant de différents types (intentions, connaissances …