On Thursday December 5, Nina Kazanina, professor in the Department of Basic Neuroscience (UNIGE) and co-director of the NCCR Evolving Language, presented her work to the public at her inaugural lecture, at the Centre Médical Universitaire de Genève.
News
- Animal Communication
- Education
- Equal Opportunities
- Front
- Histoire et Cité
- Linguistics
- MEG
- Midjourney
- Neurosciences
- News
- On The Field
- Outreach
- Paper in a nutshell
- Partenaires Histoire et Cité
- Perspectives
- Press releases
- Q&A
- recordings
- Summer School
- test
- Video NCCR On the Field
Découvrez le témoignage d’une élève en classe de 11ème en stage au NCCR Evolving Language sur le campus de Genève qui décrit deux expériences d’un chercheur qu’elle a pu observer.
When observing someone interact with something, humans and apes alternate attention between the two subjects. Great apes track events with their eyes in the same way that humans do, according to a study published on Tuesday in the open-access journal PLOS biology by Vanessa Wilson from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and colleagues.
Join us online for the Public Kick-off presentation of the 2nd Phase of the NCCR Evolving Language! We are live on YouTube!
The olive colobus, a discreet primate from the forests of the Ivory Coast, surprises by the richness of its vocal communication. According to a study by the University of Neuchâtel and the NCCR Evolving Language, despite its limited vocal repertoire, this little monkey is able to transmit a variety of information by combining its calls according to precise rules!
According to scientists from the University of Zurich and the NCCR Evolving Language, some aspects of language may not be as unique as previously thought. In a new paper, the team of linguists and biologists demonstrate common marmosets are capable of combining more than two calls, with hierarchical rules – something previously believed to be impossible for animals.
Western gorillas travel in cohesive groups. To stay together, they need to coordinate when and where to go. Despite the silverback being the dominant and most powerful individual in the group, researchers from the University of Neuchatel and of the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle observed that all the individuals seem to participate in the decision-making process.
Humans and dogs have been birds of a feather for millennia. But how can such distant species understand each other? A recent study published in PLOS Biology by researchers from the University of Geneva and the Hearing Institute, reveals that the pair meets halfway between their differences to communicate together.
From September 9th to 12th in Geneva, the yearly “Science of Aphasia” conference gathered over a hundred researchers to talk about aphasia, with a special focus on language evolution.
The Swiss Science Olympiad inspires over 8000 talented teenagers from Switzerland and Liechtenstein with workshops, camps and challenges in biology, chemistry, geography, informatics, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, physics, robotics and economics. Get involved as a volunteer in the way that suits you, your availability and your passions. Find more details in this article.