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SUMMARY:Using sleight of hand to investigate human action perception in di
 verse species and taxa - Elias Garcia-Pelegrin\, Department of Psychology\
 , University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Gabrielle Davidson
DESCRIPTION:Deceptive tactics depend on the deceiver being able to trick t
 heir victim. Magicians and pickpockets are successful in misleading their 
 victim (or audience) because their techniques capitalise on human’s perc
 eptual predispositions. Intricate sleight of hand movements (i.e.\, range 
 of techniques involving hand motions commonly used by both magicians and p
 ickpockets to deceive fellow human observers) capitalise on the observer
 ’s inherent expectations of human actions. Consequently\, the applicatio
 n of these deceptive motions to investigate the non-human mind can yield g
 reat insight into the evolution and inner workings of the expectations exp
 loited by these techniques. Are these expectations unique to humans? Can w
 e explain similarities and disparities in perceptual predispositions becau
 se of cognitive capacity\, neural structure\, or other physical features? 
 The answer to these questions is of fundamental importance for understandi
 ng the evolution of cognition across species\, and to determine how non-hu
 man animals perceive human actions. In this presentation\, I will explore 
 these questions by reviewing the most recent studies with members of the c
 orvid family and non-human primates to illustrate how the intersection bet
 ween deceptive techniques and science can yield invaluable insight into th
 e perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of both human and non-human animals.
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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