Contextually variable signals can be functionally referential
(2014)
Journal Article
Scarantino, A., & Clay, Z. (2015). Contextually variable signals can be functionally referential. Animal Behaviour, 100, e1-e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.08.017
Young Children Make Their Gestural Communication Systems More Language-Like: Segmentation and Linearization of Semantic Elements in Motion Events (2014)
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Clay, Z., Pople, S., Hood, B., & Kita, S. (2014). Young Children Make Their Gestural Communication Systems More Language-Like: Segmentation and Linearization of Semantic Elements in Motion Events. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1518-1525. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614533967Research on Nicaraguan Sign Language, created by deaf children, has suggested that young children use gestures to segment the semantic elements of events and linearize them in ways similar to those used in signed and spoken languages. However, it is... Read More about Young Children Make Their Gestural Communication Systems More Language-Like: Segmentation and Linearization of Semantic Elements in Motion Events.
Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos. (2014)
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Clay, Z., & de Waal, F. B. (2015). Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos. Behaviour, 152(3-4), 313-334. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003155Sexual contacts are thought to play an important role in regulating social tension in bonobos (Pan paniscus), and are especially common following aggressive conflicts, either between former opponents or involving bystanders. Nevertheless, research on... Read More about Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos..
Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos (2014)
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Genty, E., Clay, Z., Hobaiter, C., & Zuberbühler, K. (2014). Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e84738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084738‘Contest hoots’ are acoustically complex vocalisations produced by adult and subadult male bonobos (Pan paniscus). These calls are often directed at specific individuals and regularly combined with gestures and other body signals. The aim of our stud... Read More about Multi-Modal Use of a Socially Directed Call in Bonobos.