On the murky dissociation between expression and communication

Elizabeth Warren, Josep Call, György Gergely

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The authors present an ambitious attempt to outline the gradual evolution of the cognitive foundations of ostensive communication. We focus on three problematic aspects of the distinction between expression and communication: Ambiguity in the distinction's central principle of complementary mechanisms, inconsistencies in the application of the distinction across taxa, and the dismissal of mentalizing in nonhuman primates.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere19
Pages (from-to)e19
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume46
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Feb 2023

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Communication
  • Primates/psychology

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