Latest Paper
New study which uses a comparative eye tracking approach to examine the evolutionary origins of event role attribution in humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans
ASAB Winter Conference 2024
My presentation on how we can improve the way we measure animal cognition is available on the Youtube ASAB Channel
Science for kids!
I spoke in a podcast for Fun Kids Science Weekly about comparative behavioural and cognitive research
How primates eye tracking reveals new insights into the evolution of language
Article in The Conversation about our latest comparative research with apes. Our work is also featured on Swiss radio RTS and in numerous media outlets globally, and I spoke to the University of Hull about our research for social media.
Ursprung und Zukunft der menschlichen Sprache
Documentary on the SRF featuring our comparative research on event cognition and the origins of language
Zum Ursprung der Sprache
Podcast about our research on the origins of language with great apes at Basel Zoo (in German)
How does animal personality develop?
I contributed to an article in Science&Vie on animal personality
Understanding language evolution
Our eye tracking research assessing how apes process event scenarios is featured in UZH magazine
Cognitive research at Basel Zoo
Our cognitive research with the apes at Basel Zoo - including touchscreen and eyetracking studies - is featured on Basel Zoo's blog
Eye tracking in great apes
Our eye tracking research with gorillas in Basel Zoo has been featured in a Swiss documentary about gorillas.
Morphometric cues to behaviour
Article on assessing chimpanzee facial Width-to-Height ratio links to dominance, in the HBES newsletter