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Gutsell JN, Simon JC, Jiang Y. Perspective taking reduces group biases in sensorimotor resonance. Cortex 2020; 131:42-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Meunier H. The Pertinence of Studying Neuroethology in Nonhuman Primates for Human Behavior in Groups and Organizations. ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/1094428118756741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Are we the only living beings endowed with a complex communicative system and sharp sociocognitive skills? How did these remarkable abilities develop? Even raised several centuries ago, those questions are still nourishing the current research and debates. A relevant approach for identifying the dynamics in the evolution of humans’ social and communicative abilities appears to study our closest living relatives, the nonhuman primates. In this article I focus on two abilities that drove the building of our unique sociality and are still playing a crucial role in daily human behaviors in groups and organizations: (a) the origins of human language, through the study of nonhuman primates gestures, vocalizations, and facial expressions and (b) the precursors and underpinning neural mechanisms of our ability to assess others’ mental states, that is, theory of mind. In each part, examples illustrate the advantages and limitations of the different methodological approaches used in research on nonhuman primates’ communication and social abilities and discuss the results in light of the current hypotheses and still open debates on what make the singularity of our species.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hélène Meunier
- Centre de Primatologie de l’Université de Strasbourg, Fort Foch, Niederhausbergen, France
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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