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A comparative study of causal perception in guinea baboons (papio papio) and human adults

Floor Meewis, Iris Barezzi, Joël Fagot, Nicolas Claidière, Isabelle Dautriche. A comparative study of causal perception in Guinea baboons (Papio papio) and human adults. PLoS ONE, 2024, 19 (12), pp.e0311294. ff10.1371/journal.pone.0311294ff. ffhal-04847917f In humans, simple 2D visual displays of launching events (“Michottean launches”) can evoke the impression of causality. Direct launching events are regarded […]

Humans (homo sapiens) but not baboons (papio papio) demonstrate crossmodal pitch-luminance correspondence

Margiotoudi, K., Fagot, J., Meguerditchian, A. & Dautriche, I. (2024). Humans (Homo sapiens) but not baboons (Papio papio) demonstrate crossmodal pitch-luminance correspondence. American Journal of Primatology, 86(5). Humans spontaneously and consistently map information coming from different sensory modalities. Surprisingly, the phylogenetic origin of such cross-modal correspondences has been under-investigated. A notable exception is the […]

The dynamics of chunking in humans (homo sapiens) and guinea baboons (papio papio)

Tosatto L, Fagot J, Rey A. The dynamics of chunking in humans (Homo sapiens) and Guinea baboons (Papio papio). J Comp Psychol. 2023 Aug;137(3):191-199. doi: 10.1037/com0000336. Epub 2023 Jun 1. PMID: 37261734. Abstract – Chunking is an important cognitive process allowing the compression of information in short-term memory. The aim of this study is […]

A signature of human uniqueness in the perception of geometric shapes

Sablé-Meyer, M., Fagot, J., Caparos, S., van Kerkoerle, , T., Amalric, M. & Dehaene, S. (2021). Sensitivity to geometric shape regularity in humans and baboons: A putative signature of human singularity. PNAS April 20, 2021 118 (16) e20231231183 Abstract – Determining the cognitive differences between human and nonhuman primates is a central goal of […]

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 […]

Enhanced cognitive flexibility in the semi-nomadic himba

Pope, S. M., Fagot, J., Meguerditchian, A., Washburn, D. A., & Hopkins, W. (2018). Enhanced cognitive flexibility in the semi-nomadic Himba. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. October 2018. DOI: 10.1177/0022022118806581 Abstract – Through codified rule-use, humans can accurately solve many problems. Yet, mechanized strategies can also be costly. After adopting a solution strategy, humans often […]

Etude comparative des phénomènes de groupement perceptif chez le babouin, le chimpanzé et l’humain

Fagot, J. & Tomonaga, M. (2016). Etude comparative des phénomènes de groupement perceptif chez le babouin, le chimpanzé et l’humain, Revue de primatologie. http://primatologie.revues.org/2643 ; DOI : 10.4000/primatologie Cet article présente le fruit d’une collaboration de longue durée entre des chercheurs du Primate Research Institute et l’Université d’Aix-Marseille. Nos recherches ont montré que la […]

Relational thinking in animals and humans: from percepts to concepts

Wasserman, E.A., Castro, L. & Fagot, J. (2015). Relational Thinking in Animals and Humans: From Percepts to Concepts” : In APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology, Volume 2, Perception, Learning and Cognition. Call et al. (Eds, pp 359-384). Washington DC, USA, American Psychological Association. Abstract – “The power of abstraction has its germ in sense-experience […]

Perceptual and categorical judgements of color similarity

Davidoff, J. Goldstein, J., Tharp, I, Wakui, E. & Fagot, J. (2012). Perceptual and categorical judgements of color similarity. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 24,871-892. Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – Consideration is given to the tasks that make judgements of […]

Cross-species assessment of the linguistic origins of color categories.

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 […]

Local and global processing : observations from a remote culture.

Davidoff, J., Fonteneau, E. & Fagot, J. (2008). Local and global processing : observations from a remote culture. Cognition, 108(3), 702-709 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – In Experiment 1, a normal adult population drawn from a remote culture (Himba) […]

Comparison of grouping abilities in humans (homo sapiens) and baboons (papio papio) with the ebbinghaus illusion.

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 […]

More accurate size contrast judgments in the ebbinghaus illusion by a remote culture.

De Fockert, J., Davidoff, J., Fagot, J., Parron, C. & Goldstein, J. (2007). More accurate size contrast judgments in the Ebbinghaus illusion by a remote culture. Journal of Experiment Psychology : Human Perception and Performance, 33, 738-742 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. […]