Investigating intentionality in elephant gestural communication

A crucial feature of language is the ability to communicate cognitive goals to a specific audience, i.e. goal-directed intentionality. Core criteria for this ability include (i) audience directedness: signalling in the presence of an attentive audience, (ii) persistence: continuing signalling until...

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Published in:Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors: Vesta Eleuteri, Lucy Bates, Yvonne Nyaradzo Masarira, Joshua M. Plotnik, Catherine Hobaiter, Angela S. Stoeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.242203