Visual bodily signals as core devices for coordinating minds in interaction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(1859)

Published: July 25, 2022

The view put forward here is that visual bodily signals play a core role in human communication and the coordination of minds. Critically, this goes far beyond referential propositional meaning. system we consider to be explanandum evolution language thus not spoken language. It is, instead, deeply multimodal, multilayered, multifunctional developed—and survived—owing extraordinary flexibility adaptability it endows us with. Beyond their undisputed iconic power, (manual head gestures, facial expressions, gaze, torso movements) fundamentally contribute key pragmatic processes modern communication. This contribution becomes particularly evident with focus includes non-iconic manual signals, non-manual signal combinations. Such also needs meaning encoded just via mappings, since kinematic modulations interaction-bound are additional properties equipping body striking capacities. Some these capacities, or its precursors, may have already been present last common ancestor share great apes qualify as early versions components constituting hypothesized interaction engine. article part theme issue ‘Revisiting ‘interaction engine’: comparative approaches social action coordination’.

Language: Английский

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Interactive repair and the foundations of language

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 28(1), P. 30 - 42

Published: Oct. 16, 2023

Language: Английский

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Cognitive Linguistics and Language Evolution

Published: March 4, 2024

The evolution of language has developed into a large research field. Two questions are particularly relevant for this strand research: firstly, how did the human capacity emerge? And secondly, which processes cultural involved both in from non-linguistic communication and continued languages? Much on that addresses these two is highly compatible with usage-based approach to pursued cognitive linguistics. Focusing key topics such as comparing animal communication, experimental approaches evolution, evolutionary dynamics language, Element gives an overview current state-of-the-art discusses linguistics can cross-fertilise each other. This title also available Open Access Cambridge Core.

Language: Английский

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Coordinating social action: a primer for the cross-species investigation of communicative repair

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(1859)

Published: July 25, 2022

Human joint action is inherently cooperative, manifested in the collaborative efforts of participants to minimize communicative trouble through interactive repair. Although repair requires sophisticated cognitive abilities, it can be dissected into basic building blocks shared with non-human animal species. A review primate literature shows that interactionally contingent signal sequences are at least common among species great apes, suggesting a gradual evolution To pioneer cross-species assessment this paper aims (i) identifying necessary precursors human repair; (ii) proposing coding framework for its comparative study humans and species; (iii) using analyse examples interactions (adults/children) apes. We hope will serve as primer comparisons breakdowns how they repaired. This article part theme issue ‘Revisiting ‘interaction engine’: approaches social coordination’.

Language: Английский

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A convergent interaction engine: vocal communication among marmoset monkeys

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(1859)

Published: July 25, 2022

To understand the primate origins of human interaction engine, it is worthwhile to focus not only on great apes but also callitrichid monkeys (marmosets and tamarins). Like humans, unlike apes, callitrichids are cooperative breeders, thus habitually engage in coordinated joint actions, for instance when an infant handed over from one group member another. We first explore hypothesis that these habitual interactions, marmoset interactional ethology, supported by same key elements as found engine: mutual gaze (during action), turn-taking, volubility, well group-wide prosociality trust. Marmosets show clear evidence features. next examine prediction that, if such engine can indeed give rise more flexible communication, may possess elaborate communicative skills. A review vocal communication confirms unusual abilities small primates: high volubility large repertoires, learning babbling immatures, voluntary usage control. end discussing how adoption breeding during evolution have catalysed language adding convergent consequences ape-like cognitive system our hominin ancestors. This article part theme issue ‘Revisiting ‘interaction engine’: comparative approaches social action coordination’.

Language: Английский

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Infrastructure of mother-infant interactions across development in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the wild

Evolution and Human Behavior, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 46(2), P. 106671 - 106671

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Potential evidence of reengagement attempts following interruptions of a triadic social game in bonobos and chimpanzees

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 20(3), P. e0292984 - e0292984

Published: March 26, 2025

When humans engage in joint action, they seem to so with an underlying sense of commitment, a feeling mutual obligation towards their partner and shared goal. Whether our closest living relatives, bonobos chimpanzees, experience understand commitment the same way is subject debate. Crucial evidence concerns how participants respond interruptions actions, particularly if protest or attempt reengage reluctant distracted partners. During dyadic interactions, chimpanzees exhibit reengagement following naturalistic activities conspecifics, according recent studies. Yet, data are still inconsistent for triadic games, where two social partners each other socially by focusing on common object. We addressed this issue engaging N = 23 apes (5 adult 5 infant bonobos, 13 bonobos) “tug-of-war” game human experimenter who abruptly stopped playing. Following interruptions, readily produced communicative signals (>60% subjects first trial), which we interpreted as attempts passive partner, no group differences respect. Infant contrast, communicated rarely experimenters compared never during trial. Crucially, when signaled partners, predominantly used tactile signals, but exhibited behaviors related game, were instead commonly seen adults. It thus possible that share some basic motivational foundations yet capacity developmental effects.

Language: Английский

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Sequence organization and embodied mutual orientations: openings of social interactions between baboons

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(1859)

Published: July 25, 2022

Human interactions are organized in sequence, which is a key component of Levinson's 'interaction engine.' Referring back to the field where it originated, conversation analysis, we discuss its relevance within interaction engine, before moving on show how sequence organization actually oriented not only humans social interaction, but also non-human animals. On basis video-recorded encounters between baboons (

Language: Английский

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Sequence organization in human–animal interaction. An exploration of two canonical sequences

Journal of Pragmatics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 214, P. 73 - 88

Published: July 8, 2023

Language: Английский

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Great ape interaction: Ladyginian but not Gricean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120(42)

Published: Oct. 12, 2023

Nonhuman great apes inform one another in ways that can seem very humanlike. Especially the gestural domain, their behavior exhibits many similarities with human communication, meeting widely used empirical criteria for intentionality. At same time, there remain some manifest differences, most obviously enormous range and scope of expression. How to account these differences a unified way remains major challenge. Here, we make key distinction between expression intentions (Ladyginian) specifically informative (Gricean), situate this within “special case of” framework classifying different modes attention manipulation. We hence describe how attested tendencies ape interaction—for instance, be dyadic rather than triadic, about here-and-now “displaced,” have high degree perceptual resemblance form meaning—are products its Ladyginian but not Gricean character. also reinterpret video footage gesture as Gricean, distinguish several varieties meaning are continuous another. conclude evolutionary origins linguistic lie gradual changes communication systems, social cognition, what manipulation enabled by species’ cognitive phenotype: first turn Gricean. The second shifts rendered humans, only “language ready.”

Language: Английский

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