Recherches et engagements
Saldana C, Fagot J, Kirby S, Smith K, Claidière N. 2019 High-fidelity copying is not necessarily the key to cumulative cultural evolution: a study in monkeys and children. Proceedings of the Royal Society; B. 286:20190729 Abstract – The unique cumulative nature of human culture has often been explained by high-fidelity copying mechanisms found only […]
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 […]
Montant, M., Grainger, J., Dufau, S., Ziegler, J. C., & Fagot, J. (2012). L’orthographe à la portée des babouins [Orthographic processing in baboons]. Med Sci (Paris), 28(10), 821-823. Fagot, J. (2020). Penser dans langage : Approche expérimentale chez le babouin. Edition Odile Jacob Fagot, J. & Parron, V (2011). La mémoire des éléphants […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cauchoix et al. (2018). The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis. Philosophical transactions B. Published 13 August 2018.DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0281 Abstract – Behavioural and cognitive processes play important roles in mediating an individual’s interactions with its environment. Yet, while there is a vast literature on repeatable individual differences in behaviour, relatively little is known about […]
Fagot, J., Boë, L.J., Berthomier, F., Claidière, N., Malassis, R., Meguerditchian, A., Rey, A. & Montant, M. (2018). The baboon: a model for the study of language evolution. Journal of Human Evolution. 126, 39-50 Abstract – Comparative research on the origins of human language often focuses on a limited number of language-related cognitive functions […]
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 […]
Claidière, N., Kodjo-kuma Amedon, G., André J.P., Kirby, S., Smith, K., Sperber, D., Fagot, J. (2017) Convergent transformation and selection in cultural evolution. Evolution and Human Behavior (2017), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.12.0073 Abstract – In biology, natural selection is the main explanation of adaptations and it is an attractive idea to think that an analogous force could […]
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 […]
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 […]
Berthomier, F., Sawallis, T., Fagot, J., & Boë, L.J. (2017). What’s up with Wahoo? Exploring Baboon Vocalizations with Speech Science Techniques. in Boe, J.L., Fagot, J., Perrier, P. & Schwartz, J.L. (eds.). Origins of human language: continuities and splits with nonhuman primates. Peter Lang (101-136). Astract – The baboon repertoire includes around fifteen vocalizations. […]
Boë, L.J., Fagot, J., Perrier, P. & Schwartz, J.L. (Eds., 2017). Origins of human language: continuities and splits with nonhuman primates. Oxford : Peter Lang Abstract – This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of perspectives on […]
Kemp, C., Rey, A., Legou, T., Boë, L.J., Berthommier, F., Becker, Y., Fagot, J. (2017). The vocal repertoire of Guinea baboons (Papio papio). 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. 15-58)3 Abstract – In order to study the […]
Janvier, M., Horaud, R., Girin, L., Berthommier, F., Boë, L. J., Kemp, C., … & Legou, T. (2013, December). Supervised classification of baboon vocalizations. In Workshop: Neural Information Processing Scaled for Bioacoustics: NIPS4B (pp. 10-pages) Abstract – We considered six classes of sounds emitted by Papio papio baboons, and report the results of supervised […]