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SUMMARY:Cognitive development assessed by object manipulation in great ape
 s and humans - Dr. Misato Hayashi (Primate Research Institute\, Kyoto Univ
 ersity)
DTSTART:20150513T153000Z
DTEND:20150513T163000Z
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:Object manipulation can be a comparative scale of cognitive de
 velopment in primates including humans. Combinatory manipulation is a prec
 ursor of tool-using behavior and regarded as a milestone in the cognitive 
 development. Although all four species of great apes exhibit combinatory m
 anipulation at least in captive settings\, their tool-use propensities in 
 the wild differ significantly. Notation system of object manipulation was 
 applied in the tasks of nesting cups\, stacking blocks\, or crackingnuts a
 nd enabled the detailed analysis on the characteristics of action grammar 
 in humans and nonhuman primates. Precise analysis on the patterns of objec
 t manipulation revealed the commonality and difference in the level of cog
 nitive development among the four species of great apes and humans.
LOCATION:BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41)\, Division of Biological Anthro
 pology\, Pembroke Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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