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Extraction of structural regularities by baboons (papio papio) adjacent and non-adjacent repetition patterns differ in learnability

Malassis, R. & Fagot,. (2021). Extraction of structural regularities by baboons adjacent and nonadjacent repetition patterns differ in learnability. Journal of Comparative Psychology, Vol. 135, No. 1, 51– 63. Abstract – Several animal species can discriminate between different sequential patterns based on repetitions of items (eg, ABB vs. ABA), and generalize their performance to sequences […]

Penser dans langage : approche expérimentale chez le babouin

Fagot, J. (2020). Penser dans langage : Approche expérimentale chez le babouin. Edition Odile Jacob Abstract – La recherche sur l’animal est une voie privilégiée pour aborder la question des relations entre pensée et langage. Le primate non-humain, qui n’a pas notre langage, présente une multitude de comportements dont la complexité laisse supposer l’existence […]

Which way to the dawn of speech?: reanalyzing half a century of debates and data in light of speech science.

Boë, L.J., Sawallis, T.R., Fagot, J., Badin, P., Barbier, G., Captier, G., Ménard, L., Heim, J.L., Schwartz, J.L. (2019). Which Way to the Dawn of Speech?: Reanalyzing Half a Century of Debates and Data in light of Speech Science. Science Advances, 5 (12), eaaw3916. Abstract – Recent articles on primate articulatory abilities are revolutionary […]

Constraints on the lexicons of human languages have cognitive roots present in baboons (papio papio)

Chemla, Dautriche, Buccola & Fagot (2019). Constraints on the lexicons of human languages have cognitive roots present in baboons (Papio papio). PNAS. ww.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.19070231163 Abstract – Universals in language are hard to come by, yet one candidate is that words across the lexicons of the world’s languages are, by and large, connected: When a word […]

Non-adjacent dependencies processing in human and non-human primates

Malassis, R., Rey, A. & Fagot, J. (2018). Non-adjacent dependencies processing in human and non-human primates. Cognitive Science. First published: 20 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12617 Abstract – Human and non-human primates share the ability to extract adjacent dependencies and, under certain conditions, non-adjacent dependencies (i.e., predictive relationships between elements that are separated by one or […]

Regularity extraction across species: associative learning mechanisms shared by humans and non-human primates.

Rey, M., Minier, L., Malassis, R., Bogeart, L. & Fagot, J. (2018). Regularity extraction across species: Associative learning mechanisms shared by humans and non-human primates. Topics in Cognitive Science. First published: 21 May 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tops.123433 Abstract – Extracting the regularities of our environment is a core cognitive ability in human and non‐human primates. Comparative […]

Analogical reasoning

Fagot, J.(2017). Analogical reasoning. In J. Vonk, T.K. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1076-13 Abstract – Comparative studies with nonhuman animals have questioned whether language is a prerequisite for complex forms of analogical reasoning. In this chapter, we will firstly document the fact that nonhuman animals have the capacity to process […]

Comparing human and nonhuman animals performance on domain-general functions: towards a multiple bottleneck scenario of language evolution?

Fagot, J., Malassis, R., Medam, T., Montant, M. (2017). Comparing human and nonhuman animals performance on domain-general functions: Towards a multiple bottleneck scenario of language evolution? in Boe, L.J., Fagot, J. Perrier, P., & Schwartz, J.L. (eds.). Origins of human language: continuities and splits with nonhuman primates. Peter Lang (pp. 329-365) Abstract – How […]

What’s up with wahoo? exploring baboon vocalizations with speech science techniques

Berthomier, F., Sawallis, T., Fagot, J., & Boë, L.J. (2017). What’s up with Wahoo? Exploring Baboon Vocalizations with Speech Science Techniques. in Boe, J.L., Fagot, J., Perrier, P. & Schwartz, J.L. (eds.). Origins of human language: continuities and splits with nonhuman primates. Peter Lang (101-136). Astract – The baboon repertoire includes around fifteen vocalizations. […]