Abstract. Young children's communicative skills in language and gesture are well documented, yet much less is known about their ­ability to interpret graph

The ability to learn and apply rules lies at the heart of cognition. In a seminal study, Marcus et al. (1999) reported that 7-month-old infants learned abstract rules over syllable sequences and were...

Abstract. Understanding cognitive development is fundamental for explaining variation in adult cognitive phenotypes, and thus the processes driving cogniti

The Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...

Institute of Psychology, Department of Developmental and Educational PsychologyFaculty 11 – Human and Health SciencesUniversity of Bremen

Infants show a preference for infant-directed speech (IDS) over adult-directed speech (ADS). This preference has been linked to infants' language processing and word learning in experimental setting...

Examining the Robustness and Generalizability of the Shape Bias: A Meta-Analysis

A new study assesses how cognitive skills of great apes vary between individuals.

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Scientific Data - EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition

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Most comparative animal cognition studies assume that results are stable in individuals and groups, but this is not often tested. Here the authors assess repeatability of cognitive tasks in several sp...

Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars - Volume 8