Dr Vanessa Wilson's Outputs (2)

The evolutionary origins of syntax: Event cognition in nonhuman primates (2022)
Journal Article
Wilson, V. A., Zuberbühler, K., & Bickel, B. (2022). The evolutionary origins of syntax: Event cognition in nonhuman primates. Science Advances, 8(25), Article eabn8464. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn8464

Languages tend to encode events from the perspective of agents, placing them first and in simpler forms than patients. This agent bias is mirrored by cognition: Agents are more quickly recognized than patients and generally attract more attention. Th... Read More about The evolutionary origins of syntax: Event cognition in nonhuman primates.

Hominoid (2022)
Book Chapter
Wilson, V. (2022). Hominoid. In J. Vonk, & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (3141-3144). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55065-7_1141

This chapter will touch on the need to understand environmental influences that may have provided selection pressures for particular cognitive abilities, such as habitat, group size, and social structure. Such an understanding could be influential in... Read More about Hominoid.