Recherches et engagements
Barbet, I. & Fagot, J. (2011). Processing of contour closure by baboons. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behavior Processes, Vol. 37, 407–419 Abstract – This study investigated the Gestalt law of closure in baboons. Using a computer-controlled self-testing procedure, we trained baboons (Papio papio) to discriminate open versus closed shapes presented on a […]
Bonté, E., Flemming, T. & Fagot, J. (2011). Executive control of perceptual features and abstract relations by baboons (Papio papio). Behavioural Brain Research, 222, 176-182 Abstract – Studies of executive control often reveal significant limitations in nonhuman primate performance relative to that of humans. In the present study, 24 socially housed baboons were tested […]
Fagot, J. (2010). Une nouvelle procédure d’expérimentation comportementale favorisant l’interfaçage entre les études « Naturalistes » et « Généralistes » de la cognition du primate. Revue de Primatologie [En ligne], 2, mis en ligne le 21 February 2011 . Abstract – Le domaine d’étude de la cognition du primate est caractérisé par deux approches distinctes. […]
Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2010). First- and second-order configural sensitivity for greeble stimuli in baboons. Learning and Behaviour, 38, 374-81 Abstract – Previous studies on nonhuman primates have shown inconsistencies in their processing of first- and second-order relational properties of facial stimuli. Using greeble stimuli sharing configural properties with faces, this study assessed […]
Davidoff, J., & Fagot, J. (2010). Cross-species Assessment of the Linguistic Origins of Color Categories. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 5, 100-116 Abstract – This article considers the relation between language and categorical perception (CP) of colour. Two opposite theories are reviewed, the universalist position arguing that categories are universal with an essentially biological […]
Fagot, J. & Bonté, E. (2010). Automated testing of cognitive performance in monkeys : Use of a battery of computerized test systems by a troop of semi-free ranging baboons. Behavioral Research Methods, 42, 507-516 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – […]
Fagot, J. & Parron, J.(2010). Relational Matching in Baboons (Papio papio) with Reduced Grouping Requirements. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behaviour Processes, 36, 184-193 Abstract – Analogical reasoning is a corner stone of human cognition, but the phylogenetic origins of this skill are still unknown. Recent animal studies have suggested that only apes […]
Cook, R. & Fagot, J. (2009). First trial rewards promote 1-trial learning and prolonged memory in pigeon and baboon. PNAS, 103, 17564-17567 Abstract – There is a long-standing debate in educational settings on the influence of positive and negative consequences on learning. Although positive rewards seem desirable from an ethical perspective, 1-trial learning has […]
Fagot J, Paleressompoulle D (2009). Automatic testing of cognitive performance in baboons maintained in social groups. Behav Res Methods, 41,396-404. Abstract – Laboratory procedures used to study the cognitive functions of primates traditionally have involved removal of the subjects from their living quarters to be tested singly in a remote experimental room. This article […]
Fagot, J., Bonté, E. & Parron, C. (2009). Concept of uprightness in baboons : Assessment with pictures of realistic scenes. Animal Cognition, 12, 369-79. Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – How nonhuman primates process pictures of natural scenes or objects […]
Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2008). Baboons (Papio papio) spontaneously process first- but not second-order configural relationships in faces. American Journal of Primatology, 70, 415-422 Abstract – A two-alternative forced-choice discrimination task was used to assess whether baboons (N = 7) spontaneously process qualitative (i.e., first-order) or quantitative (i.e., second-order) variations in the configural […]
Parron, C., Call, J. & Fagot, J. (2008). Behavioural responses to photographs by pictorially naıve baboons (Papio anubis), gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Behavioural processes, 78, 351-357 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – This study assessed how pictorially […]
Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2007). Processing of biological motion point-light displays by baboons (Papio papio). Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behaviour Processes, 4, 381-391 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – Humans apply complex conceptual judgments to point-light displays […]
Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2007). Comparison of Grouping Abilities in Humans (Homo sapiens) and Baboons (Papio papio) with the Ebbinghaus Illusion. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 4, 405-411 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – This research comparatively assessed grouping mechanisms […]
Barbet, I. & Fagot, J. (2007). Control of the corridor illusion in baboons (Papio papio) by gradient and linear perspective depth cues. Perception, 36, 391-402. Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – The corridor illusion was recently demonstrated in baboons with […]