Humans and great apes visually track event roles in similar ways.

Human language relies on a rich cognitive machinery, partially shared with other animals. One key mechanism, however, decomposing events into causally linked agent-patient roles, has remained elusive with no known animal equivalent. In humans, agent-patient relations in event cognition drive how lan...

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Published in:PLoS Biology
Main Authors: Vanessa A D Wilson, Sebastian Sauppe, Sarah Brocard, Erik Ringen, Moritz M Daum, Stephanie Wermelinger, Nianlong Gu, Caroline Andrews, Arrate Isasi-Isasmendi, Balthasar Bickel, Klaus Zuberbühler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-11-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002857