List of works - David Leavens

Animal cognition: multimodal tactics of orangutan communication

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Animal communication: laughter is the shortest distance between two apes

scientific article published in July 2009

Animal pointing: Changing trends and findings from 30 years of research

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Apes Communicate about Absent and Displaced Objects: Methodology Matters

Apes communicate about absent and displaced objects: methodology matters

scientific article published on 17 May 2013

Are chimpanzees really so poor at understanding imperative pointing? Some new data and an alternative view of canine and ape social cognition

scientific article

BIZARRE chimpanzees do not represent "the chimpanzee".

scientific article

Chimpanzees Differentially Produce Novel Vocalizations to Capture the Attention of a Human

scientific article

Chimpanzees help others with what they want; children help them with what they need

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Deictic gesturing in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)? Some possible cases.

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

Distal Communication by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for Common Ground?

scientific article

Effects of cage mesh on pointing: hand shapes in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

scientific article

Effects of cognitive challenge on self-directed behaviors by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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Emotional engagements predict and enhance social cognition in young chimpanzees

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Hand use and gestural communication in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

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Human handedness: an inherited evolutionary trait

scientific article published on 27 September 2012

Indexical and referential pointing in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

scientific article

Intentional communication by chimpanzees: a cross-sectional study of the use of referential gestures

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Intentionality as measured in the persistence and elaboration of communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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Lateralized scratching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a functional asymmetry during arousal

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Multimodal communication by captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

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Ontogeny vs. phylogeny in primate/canid comparisons: A meta-analysis of the object choice task

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Pointing to Visible and Invisible Targets.

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Putting the "Joy" in joint attention: affective-gestural synchrony by parents who point for their babies

scientific article

Referential communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

scientific article published on March 2004

Self-Awareness in Human and Chimpanzee Infants: What Is Measured and What Is Meant by the Mark and Mirror Test?

article by Kim A Bard et al published 1 March 2006 in Infancy

Target animacy influences chimpanzee handedness.

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Target animacy influences gorilla handedness.

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Testing dogs in ape-like conditions: the effect of a barrier on dogs' performance on the object-choice task

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

The Importance of Development for Comparative Primatology

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The Referential Problem Space revisited: An ecological hypothesis of the evolutionary and developmental origins of pointing

scientific article published on 29 January 2021

The direct perception hypothesis: perceiving the intention of another's action hinders its precise imitation

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

The effects of changes in the referential problem space of infants and toddlers (Homo sapiens): Implications for cross-species comparisons

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

The mismeasure of ape social cognition.

scientific article

The whole-hand point: the structure and function of pointing from a comparative perspective

scientific article

Tickling

scientific article published in February 2016

Understanding of visual attention by adult humans (Homo sapiens): a partial replication of Povinelli, Bierschwale, and Cech (1999).

scientific article published in November 2008

Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing: Epigenesis and Ecological Validity

scientific article

Why vocal production of atypical sounds in apes and its cerebral correlates have a lot to say about the origin of language

scientific article published in December 2014

List of works by David Leavens

Animal cognition: multimodal tactics of orangutan communication

Animal communication: laughter is the shortest distance between two apes

Animal pointing: Changing trends and findings from 30 years of research

Apes Communicate about Absent and Displaced Objects: Methodology Matters

Apes communicate about absent and displaced objects: methodology matters

Are chimpanzees really so poor at understanding imperative pointing? Some new data and an alternative view of canine and ape social cognition

BIZARRE chimpanzees do not represent "the chimpanzee".

Chimpanzees Differentially Produce Novel Vocalizations to Capture the Attention of a Human

Chimpanzees help others with what they want; children help them with what they need

Deictic gesturing in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)? Some possible cases.

Distal Communication by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for Common Ground?

Effects of cage mesh on pointing: hand shapes in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Effects of cognitive challenge on self-directed behaviors by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Emotional engagements predict and enhance social cognition in young chimpanzees

Hand use and gestural communication in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Human handedness: an inherited evolutionary trait

Indexical and referential pointing in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Intentional communication by chimpanzees: a cross-sectional study of the use of referential gestures

Intentionality as measured in the persistence and elaboration of communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Lateralized scratching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a functional asymmetry during arousal

Multimodal communication by captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Ontogeny vs. phylogeny in primate/canid comparisons: A meta-analysis of the object choice task

Pointing to Visible and Invisible Targets.

Putting the "Joy" in joint attention: affective-gestural synchrony by parents who point for their babies

Referential communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Self-Awareness in Human and Chimpanzee Infants: What Is Measured and What Is Meant by the Mark and Mirror Test?

Target animacy influences chimpanzee handedness.

Target animacy influences gorilla handedness.

Testing dogs in ape-like conditions: the effect of a barrier on dogs' performance on the object-choice task

The Importance of Development for Comparative Primatology

The Referential Problem Space revisited: An ecological hypothesis of the evolutionary and developmental origins of pointing

The direct perception hypothesis: perceiving the intention of another's action hinders its precise imitation

The effects of changes in the referential problem space of infants and toddlers (Homo sapiens): Implications for cross-species comparisons

The mismeasure of ape social cognition.

The whole-hand point: the structure and function of pointing from a comparative perspective

Tickling

Understanding of visual attention by adult humans (Homo sapiens): a partial replication of Povinelli, Bierschwale, and Cech (1999).

Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing: Epigenesis and Ecological Validity

Why vocal production of atypical sounds in apes and its cerebral correlates have a lot to say about the origin of language