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Primate communication: comprehension and social cognition| old_uid | 10336 |
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| title | Primate communication: comprehension and social cognition |
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| start_date | 2011/11/04 |
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| schedule | 11h-13h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle Cavaillès |
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| summary | According to one influential intellectual tradition, human language has
not evolved as a communication device but as a system of thought, which enables humans to construct and merge abstract mental entities and to refer to the outside world in ways that cannot be reduced to its physical properties.
An alternative hypothesis is to think of language as a communication
device that enables individuals to cooperate and interact socially in
cognitively advanced ways. Empirical studies of primate behaviour can help to shed light on earlier evolutionary stages of human communication and cognition. |
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| responsibles | Lesguillons |
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