Study reveals great apes, like humans, focus on key subjects when tracking events, suggesting a shared cognitive base.

A study in PLOS Biology shows that great apes, like humans, track events by focusing on key subjects, indicating a shared cognitive mechanism. Researchers found that both apes and humans pay more attention to agents and patients in videos, suggesting that the ability to break down events evolved before language. This shared ability hints at a cognitive foundation for language, though it does not explain why apes do not communicate similarly to humans.

November 26, 2024
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