All Outputs (2)

Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways (2024)
Journal Article
Wilson, V. A. D., Sauppe, S., Brocard, S., Ringen, E., Daum, M. M., Wermelinger, S., Gu, N., Andrews, C., Isasi-Isasmendi, A., Bickel, B., & Zuberbü Hler, K. (2024). Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways. PLoS Biology, 22(11), Article e3002857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002857

Human language relies on a rich cognitive machinery, partially shared with other animals. One key mechanism, however, decomposing events into causally linked agent-patient roles, has remained elusive with no known animal equivalent. In humans, agent-... Read More about Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways.

A universal preference for animate agents in hominids (2024)
Journal Article
Brocard, S., Wilson, V. A., Berton, C., Zuberbühler, K., & Bickel, B. (2024). A universal preference for animate agents in hominids. iScience, 27(6), Article 109996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109996

When conversing, humans instantaneously predict meaning from fragmentary and ambiguous mspeech, long before utterance completion. They do this by integrating priors (initial assumptions about the world) with contextual evidence to rapidly decide on t... Read More about A universal preference for animate agents in hominids.