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Contribution of Working Memory Processes to Relational Matching-to-Sample Performance in Baboons (Papio papio).

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2013Posted in ALDM-Usage, Analogy, Baboon, Categorization, Concept, MemoryTagged relation

Maugard, A., Marzouki, Y. & Fagot, J. (2013). Contribution of Working Memory Processes to Relational Matching-to-Sample Performance in Baboons (Papio papio). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 127, 4, 370 Abstract – Recent studies of monkeys and apes have shown that these animals can solve relational-matching-to-sample (RMTS) problems, suggesting basic abilities for analogical reasoning. However, doubts […]

What Can We Learn From Humans About Orthographic Processing in Monkeys ? A Reply to Frost and Keuleers (2013).

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2013Posted in ALDM-Usage, Baboon, Categorization, Concept, Visual cognition

Ziegler, JC, Dufau, S, Montant, M. Hannagan, T., Fagot, J. & Grainger, J. (2013). What Can We Learn From Humans About Orthographic Processing in Monkeys ? A Reply to Frost and Keuleers (2013). Psychological Science, 24, 1870-1871.3 We drew four conclusions from this paper. First, we inferred that monkeys use a truly orthographic rather than […]

Transposed Letter Effects Reveal Orthographic Processing in Baboons.

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2013Posted in ALDM-Usage, Baboon, Categorization, Concept, Language, Visual cognition

Ziegler, JC, Hannagan, T., Dufau, S., Montant, M., Fagot, J. & Grainger, J. (2013). Transposed Letter Effects Reveal Orthographic Processing in Baboons. Psychological Science, 24, 1609-1611 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Reading and writing are recent cultural inventions in humans. Although […]

Baboons, like humans, solve an analogical matching task by categorical abstraction of relations

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2013Posted in ALDM-Usage, Analogy, Baboon, Concept, Visual cognitionTagged relation

Flemming, T., Thompson, R.K., & Fagot, J. (2013). Baboons, like humans, solve an analogical matching task by categorical abstraction of relations. Animal Cognition, 16, 519-524 Abstract – Reasoning by analogy is one of the most complex and highly adaptive cognitive processes in abstract thinking. For humans, analogical reasoning entails the judgment and conceptual mapping […]

Perceptual and categorical judgements of color similarity

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2012Posted in Categorization, Color perception, Himba, Human, Language, Visual cognition

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 […]

Response to Comment on “Orthographic Processing in Baboons (Papio papio)

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2012Posted in ALDM-Usage, Baboon, Categorization, Concept, Visual cognition

Grainger, J., Dufau, S, Montant, M, Ziegler, J.C & Fagot, J. (2012). Response to Comment on “Orthographic Processing in Baboons (Papio papio). Science ; 336, 245-248. Abstract – Bains pointed out that some of our nonwords were in fact real words and that an algorithm using only information about single letters and their positions achieves […]

Orthographic processing in baboons

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2012Posted in ALDM-Usage, Baboon, Categorization, Concept, Visual cognition

Grainger, J., Dufau, S, Montant, M, Ziegler, J.C & Fagot, J. (2012). Orthographic processing in baboons. Science, 336, 245-248 Abstract – Skilled readers use information about which letters are where in a word (orthographic information) in order to access the sounds and meanings of printed words. We asked whether efficient processing of orthographic information […]

Generalized Relational Matching by Guinea Baboons (Papio papio) in two by two-item analogy problems

By Joel FagotPosted on 1 February 2011Posted in ALDM-Usage, Analogy, Baboon, Concept, Memory, Visual cognitionTagged relation

Fagot, J. & Thompson, R.K.R (2011). Generalized Relational Matching by Guinea Baboons (Papio papio) in two by two-item analogy problems. Psychological Science, 22, 1304–1309 Abstract – Analogical reasoning is considered the hallmark of human reasoning, but some studies have demonstrated that language- and symbol-trained chimpanzees can also reason analogically. Despite the potential adaptive value […]

Processing of contour closure by baboons.

By Joel FagotPosted on 31 January 2011Posted in ALDM-Usage, Baboon, Concept, Perception, Visual cognition

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 […]

Relational Matching in Baboons (Papio papio) with Reduced Grouping Requirements.

By Joel FagotPosted on 31 January 2010Posted in Analogy, Baboon, Concept, Visual cognitionTagged relation

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 […]

Do humans and baboons use the same information when categorizing human and baboon faces ?

By Joel FagotPosted on 31 January 2006Posted in Baboon, Categorization, Face processing, Human, Visual cognition

Martin-Malivel, J. Mangini, M., Fagot, J. & Biederman, I (2006). Do humans and baboons use the same information when categorizing human and baboon faces ? Psychological Science, 17, 599-607 Abstract – What information is used for sorting pictures of complex stimuli into categories? We applied a reverse correlation method to reveal the visual features […]

Cross species differences in colour categorisation.

By Joel FagotPosted on 31 January 2006Posted in Baboon, Categorization, Color perception, Human, Visual cognition

Fagot, J., Goldstein, J, Davidoff, J. & Pickering, A. (2006). Cross species differences in colour categorisation. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 13, 275-280 Abstract – Berlin and Kay (1969) found systematic restrictions in the color terms of the world’s languages and were inclined to look to the primate visual system for their origin. Because the […]

Categorizing Facial Identities, Emotions and Genders : Attention to High- and Low- Spatial Frequencies by Children and adults.

By Joel FagotPosted on 31 January 2005Posted in Categorization, Development, Face processing, Human, Visual cognition

Deruelle, C. & Fagot, J. (2005) Categorizing Facial Identities, Emotions and Genders : Attention to High- and Low- Spatial Frequencies by Children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psycholology, 172-184 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – Three age groups of […]

Catégorisation d’objets visuels et concepts relationnels chez l’animal

By Joel FagotPosted on 5 February 2004Posted in Baboon, Categorization, Concept, Pigeon, Theoretical reviews

Fagot, J., Wasserman, E. & Young, M. (2004). Catégorisation d’objets visuels et concepts relationnels chez l’animal. In Kreutzer, M. & Vauclair, J. (Ed.s) Ethologie cognitive (pp 117-136). Abstract – Cette revue de question présente les méthodes et critères utilisés pour inférer l’existence de concepts relationnels chez l’animal, et l’illustre par une série de travaux […]

Discriminating the relation between relations : The role of entropy in abstract conceptualization by baboons and humans

By Joel FagotPosted on 31 January 2001Posted in Baboon, Concept, Visual cognitionTagged relation

Fagot, J., Wasserman, E. & Young, M. (2001). Discriminating the relation between relations : The role of entropy in abstract conceptualization by baboons and humans. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behavior Processes, 27, 4, 316-328. Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. […]