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The Primate Origins of Human Social Cognition
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Bettle, Rosemary; Rosati, Alexandra G. – Language Learning and Development, 2021
The ability to understand the mental states of other individuals is central to human social behavior, yet some theory of mind capacities are shared with other species. Comparisons of theory of mind skills across humans and other primates can provide a critical test of the cognitive prerequisites necessary for different theory of mind skills to…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Theory of Mind, Comparative Analysis, Language Role
Primitive Concepts of Number and the Developing Human Brain
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Kersey, Alyssa J.; Cantlon, Jessica F. – Language Learning and Development, 2017
Counting is an evolutionarily recent cultural invention of the human species. In order for humans to have conceived of counting in the first place, certain representational and logical abilities must have already been in place. The focus of this article is the origins and nature of those fundamental mechanisms that promoted the emergence of the…
Descriptors: Computation, Brain, Cognitive Development, Number Concepts
Differences in the Ability of Apes and Children to Instruct Others Using Gestures
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Grosse, Katja; Call, Josep; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Language Learning and Development, 2015
In all human cultures, people gesture iconically. However, the evolutionary basis of iconic gestures is unknown. In this study, chimpanzees and bonobos, and 2- and 3-year-old children, learned how to operate two apparatuses to get rewards. Then, at test, only a human adult had access to the apparatuses, and participants could instruct her about…
Descriptors: Animals, Animal Behavior, Child Behavior, Nonverbal Communication