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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 […]

Optional-switch cognitive flexibility in primates: chimpanzees’ (pan troglodytes) intermediate susceptibility to cognitive set

Pope, S.M., Fagot, J., Meguerditchian, A., Watzek, J., Lew-Levy, S., Autrey, M.M., & Hopkins, W.D. (2019). Optional Switch cognitive flexibility in primates: Chimpanzees’ (Pan trolodytes) intermediate susceptibility to cognitive set. Journal of Comparative Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/com000 Abstract – Within human problem-solving, the propensity to use a familiar approach, rather than switch to […]

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 […]

The natural history of model organisms: insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies

Fischer, J., Higham,J., Alberts, S., Barrett, L., Beehner, J.C., Bergman, T., Carter, A., Collins, A., Elton, S., Fagot, J. et al., (2019). The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies. Elife, doi = 10.7554/eLife.50989 Present the baboon species, their ecology and much more Abstract – […]

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 […]

Switch cognitive flexibility in primates: chimpanzes (pan troglodytes) intermediate susceptibility to cognitive set

Pope, S.M., Fagot, J., Meguerditchian, A., Watzek, J., Lew-Levy, S., Audrey, M.M., & Hopkins, W.D. (2019). Switch cognitive flexibility in primates: Chimpanzes (Pan troglodytes) intermediate susceptibility to cognitive set. Journal of Comparative Psychology Abstract – Within human problem-solving, the propensity to use a familiar approach, rather than switch to a more efficient alternative is […]

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 […]