Prof Josep Call

Professor in Evolutionary Origins of Mind

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463608

Email

jc276@st-andrews.ac.uk

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

• Africa De Las Heras Martinez
• Emma McEwen
• Adrian Soldati
• Elizabeth Warren

Selected publications and performances

• Age influences domestic dog cognitive performance independent of average breed lifespan

  Watowich, M. M., MacLean, E. L., Hare, B., Call, J., Kaminski, J., Miklósi, Á. & Snyder-Mackler, N., Jul 2020, In : Animal Cognition. 23, p. 795-805

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• Breed differences in dog cognition associated with brain-expressed genes and neurological functions

  Gnanadesiken, G. E., Hare, B., Snyder-Mackler, N., Call, J., Kaminski, J., Miklósi, Á. & MacLean, E. L., 29 Jul 2020, In : Integrative and Comparative Biology. In press, icaa112.

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• Chimpanzee coordination and potential communication in a two-touchscreen turn-taking game

  Voinov, P. V., Call, J., Knoblich, G., Oshkina, M. & Allritz, M., 25 Feb 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 13 p., 3400.

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• Context-sensitive adjustment of pointing in great apes

  Tauzin, T., Bohn, M., Gergely, G. & Call, J., 23 Jan 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 10 p., 1048.

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• Do 7-year-old children understand social leverage?

  Sánchez-Amaro, A., Duguid, S., Call, J. & Tomasello, M., 6 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 199, 104963.

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• Effects of indirect reputation and type of rearing on food choices in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Bueno-Guerra, N., Colell, M. & Call, J., 6 Jun 2020, In : Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74, 6, 79.

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• Inferring unseen causes: developmental and evolutionary origins

  Civelek, Z., Call, J. & Seed, A., 6 May 2020, In : Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 17 p., 872.

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• Learning novel skills from iconic gestures: a developmental and evolutionary perspective

  Bohn, M., Kordt, C., Braun, M., Call, J. & Tomasello, M., 26 May 2020, In : Psychological Science. Online First, 8 p.

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• Understanding language evolution: beyond Pan-centrism

  Lameira, A. R. & Call, J., 29 Jan 2020, In : BioEssays. Early View, 1900102.

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• Absolute brain size predicts dog breed differences in executive function

  Horschler, D. J., Hare, B., Call, J., Kaminski, J., Miklosi, A. & MacLean, E. L., Mar 2019, In : Animal Cognition. 22, 2, p. 187-198 12 p.

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