Prof Josep Call
Professor in Evolutionary Origins of Mind
Research areas
My research focuses on technical and social problem solving in animals with a special emphasis on the great apes. Some of the topics that I am currently investigating include causal and inferential reasoning, tool-use, long-term memory and planning, gestural communication and mindreading. Ultimately, my goal is to contribute to elucidate how cognition evolves.
PhD supervision
- Kresimir Durdevic
- Benjamin Jones
- Kaustabh Baruah
- Emilie Rapport Munro
- Christina Ruiz-Mendoza
- Tina Petersen
- Sadie Tenpas
Selected publications
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Open access
Chimpanzees demonstrate a behavioural signature of human joint action
Constable, M. D., McEwen, E. S., Knoblich, G., Gibson, C., Addison, A., Nestor, S. & Call, J., 26 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cognition. 246, 7 p., 105747.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chimpanzees use social information to acquire a skill they fail to innovate
van Leeuwen, E. J. C., DeTroy, S. E., Haun, D. B. M. & Call, J., 6 Mar 2024, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring cultural techniques in non-human animals: how are flexibility and rigidity expressed at the individual, group, and population level?
Tenpas, S. E., Schweinfurth, M. K. & Call, J., 19 Mar 2024, The evolution of techniques: rigidity and flexibility in use, transmission, and innovation. Charbonneau, M. (ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 235-251 17 p. (Vienna series in theoretical biology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Are you as fooled as I am? Visual illusions in human (Homo) and nonhuman (Sapajus, Gorilla, Pan, Pongo) primate species
Hanus, D., Truppa, V. & Call, J., 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Comparative Psychology. 137, 2, p. 80-89 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades
Lewis, L. S., Wessling, E. G., Kano, F., Stevens, J. M. G., Call, J. & Krupenye, C. N., 26 Dec 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120, 52, 10 p., e2304903120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chimpanzees prepare for alternative possible outcomes
Engelmann, J. M., Völter, C. J., Goddu, M. K., Call, J., Rakoczy, H. & Hermann, E., 21 Jun 2023, In: Biology Letters. 19, 6, 5 p., 20230179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Orcas remember what to copy: a deferred and interference-resistant imitation study
Zamorano-Abramson, J., Hernández-Lloreda, M. V., Colmenares, F. & Call, J., 1 Jun 2023, In: Animal Cognition. 26, p. 1035-1048 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Registered report - Do chimpanzees reason logically?
Engelmann, J. M., Haux, L. M., Völter, C., Schleihauf, H., Call, J., Rakoczy, H. & Herrmann, E., 1 Sept 2023, In: Child Development. 94, 5, p. 1102-1116 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The shifting shelf task: a new, non-verbal measure for attentional set shifting
Reindl, E., Voelter, C., Civelek, Z., Duncan, L. F., Lugosi, Z., Felsche, E., Herrmann, E., Call, J. & Seed, A. M., 25 Jan 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences. 290, 1991, 10 p., 20221496.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Audience sensitivity in chimpanzee display pant hoots
Soldati, A., Fedurek, P., Dezecache, G., Call, J. & Zuberbühler, K., Aug 2022, In: Animal Behaviour. 190, p. 23-40Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review