Date: Thursday, April 28
Speaker: Josep Call (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)
Time: 3.30 pm in Bio-Psych 1208
Title: Perspective-Taking in Great Apes
Abstract: Being able to analyze an object or event from different perspectives is a major achievement of human cognition. Studies on children and our closest primate living relatives, the great apes, can inform us about the development and evolution of this cognitive ability. In this talk, I will explore how apes (and children) deal with physical and social problems in the following three situations: when their own perspective differs from that of others, when they possess conflicting perspectives on a particular object, and when they face unreliable information. To illustrate each of these situations, I will present data on social competition and spatial encoding, the appearance-reality distinction, and meta-memory.
Those wishing to meet with Dr Call during the day should contact pcarruth@umd.edu
Speaker: Josep Call (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)
Time: 3.30 pm in Bio-Psych 1208
Title: Perspective-Taking in Great Apes
Abstract: Being able to analyze an object or event from different perspectives is a major achievement of human cognition. Studies on children and our closest primate living relatives, the great apes, can inform us about the development and evolution of this cognitive ability. In this talk, I will explore how apes (and children) deal with physical and social problems in the following three situations: when their own perspective differs from that of others, when they possess conflicting perspectives on a particular object, and when they face unreliable information. To illustrate each of these situations, I will present data on social competition and spatial encoding, the appearance-reality distinction, and meta-memory.
Those wishing to meet with Dr Call during the day should contact pcarruth@umd.edu
