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Visual cognition - 122 articles

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 […]

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 […]

The processing of positional information in a two-item sequence limits the emergence of symmetry in baboons (papio papio), but not in humans (homo sapiens)

Fagot, J., Malassis, R. & Medam, T. (2017). The processing of positional information in a two-item sequence limits the emergence of symmetry in baboons (Papio papio), but not in humans (Homo sapiens). Learning and Behaviour. 2017 Aug 4. doi: 10.3758/s13420-017-0290-13 Humans process relations as symmetrical, baboons process stimulus ordering, on the same task. Abstract – […]

Emotion-cognition interaction in non-human primates : cognitive avoidance of negative stimuli in baboons (papio papio)

Blanchette, I., Marzouki, Y., Claidière, N., Gullstrand, J., & Fagot, J. (2017). Emotion-Cognition Interaction in Non-Human Primates : Cognitive Avoidance of Negative Stimuli in Baboons (Papio papio). Psychological Science, 28(1):3-11. Abstract – It is well established that emotion and cognition interact in humans, but such an interaction has not been extensively studied in nonhuman […]

Orthographic processing in animals : implications for comparative psychologists

Fagot, Joël (2017). Orthographic processing in animals : implications for comparative psychologists. Learning and Behavior, 45(3), 209-210 Abstract – Two recent studies have shown that pigeons and baboons can discriminate written English words from nonwords, and these findings were interpreted as demonstrating that orthographic processing is possible in absence of linguistic knowledge. Here, I […]

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 […]

Sex differences in inhibitory control in socially-housed baboons

Lacreuse, A., Gullstrand, J. & Fagot, J. (2016). Sex differences in inhibitory control in socially-housed baboons (Papio papio). Behavioural Brain Research, Oct 1 ;312:231-7. Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – Inhibitory control is an important component of executive function. An […]

Categorization does not promote symmetry in guinea baboons

Medam, T., Montant, M., Marzouki, Y. & Fagot, J. (2016). Categorization does not promote symmetry in Guinea baboons (Papio papio). Animal Cognition, 19(5):987-983 Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below. Abstract – Humans have the capacity to use stimuli interchangeably by forming equivalence […]

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 […]

The temporal dynamics of regularity extraction in non-human primates

Minier, L., Fagot, J. and Rey, A. (2016), The Temporal Dynamics of Regularity Extraction in Non-Human Primates. Cogn Sci, 40: 1019-1030. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12279 Abstract – Extracting the regularities of our environment is one of our core cognitive abilities. To study the fine-grained dynamics of the extraction of embedded regularities, a method combining the advantages of the […]