Publications

Sexton C.L., Buckley C., Sen M., Subiaul F., Hecht E.E. and Bradley B.J. (2024). Making or breaking the case for a plain face – Is human perception of canine facial expressivity influenced by physical appearance? Human-Animal Interactions. 12:1

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Renner E, Xie Y, Subiaul F, Hamilton AFdC (2023) Are there dedicated neural mechanisms for imitation? A study of grist and mills. PLoS ONE 18(9): e0291771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0291771

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Sexton, C. L., Buckley, C., Lieberfarb, J., Subiaul, F., Hecht, E.E., Bradley, B. J. (2023). What Is Written on a Dog’s Face? Evaluating the Impact of Facial Phenotypes on Communication between Humans and Canines. Animals, 13, 2385. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13142385

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Varallyay, A., Beller, N., Subiaul, F. (2023). Generative Cultural Learning in Children and Adults. Proceeding of the Royal Society B. 290: 20222418. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2418

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Subiaul, F (2023). Varieties of Social Learning in Children: Characterizing the development of imitation, goal emulation and affordance learning within subjects and tasks. Cognitive Development, 66, April–June 2023, 101326.

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Subiaul, F. (2022). Explaining the ‘gigantic gulf’: ’‘Sorta’ cultures, cultural selection and compositionality. Comment on “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition.” Physics of Life ReviewsAvailable online 5 December 2022In press, journal pre-proof

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Subiaul, F. (2022). Baboon pragmatics: Meta-cognition, meta-communication or something else? Learning & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-022-00547-z

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Speidel R, Zimmermann L, Green L, Brito NH, Subiaul F, Barr R (2020). Optimizing imitation: Examining cognitive factors leading to imitation, overimitation, and goal emulation in preschoolers. JECP, 203. doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105036

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Subiaul F, Stanton M. (2020). Intuitive invention by summative imitation in children and adults. Cognition, 202, Sep;202:104320. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104320

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Zimmermann L., Frank H., Subiaul F, Barr RL, (2020). Applying computational modeling to assess age-, sex-, and strategy-related differences in Spin the Pots, a working memory task for 2- to 4-year-olds. Developmental Psychobiology. DOI: 10.1002/dev.22016

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Renner E, Patterson EM, Subiaul, F (2020). Specialization in the vicarious learning of novel arbitrary sequences in humans but not orangutans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. 375: 20190442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0442

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Subiaul (2019). Cognitive Imitation. Encyclopedia of Cognition & Animal Behavior (Eds: Vonk, J and Shakelford, TK). Spring Press, NY. ISBN 978-3-319-55066-4

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Subiaul F, Patterson E, Zimmermann L, Barr R (2019). Only domain-specific imitation practice makes imitation perfect. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 177, 248-264.

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Renner E, White JP, Hamilton AFC, Subiaul F. Neural responses when learning spatial and object sequencing tasks via imitation (2018). PLOS ONE, 13(8): e0201619.

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Meltzoff AN, Murray L, Simpson E, Heimann M, Nagy E, Nadel J, Pedersen EJ, Brooks R, Messinger DS, Pascalis L, Subiaul F, Paukner A, Ferrari PF. (2017). Re-examination of Oostenbroek et al (2016): Evidence for neonatal imitation of tongue protrusions. Developmental Science. Jul;21(4):e12609. doi: 10.1111/desc.12609.

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Simpson EA, Maylott SE, Heimann M, Subiaul F, Paukner A, Suomi SJ, Ferrari PF. (2017). Animal studies help clarify misunderstandings about neonatal imitation. Behavioral Brain Sciences. Jan (40):e400. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001965.PMID: 29342816

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Subiaul, F. (2016). What’s special about human imitation? A comparison with enculturated apes. Behavioral Sciences. 6 (16), doi:10.3390/bs6030013

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Subiaul, F., Zimmermann, L., Renner, E., Schilder, B., Barr, R (2016). Elemental Imitation Mechanisms in Preschool Age Children. Journal of Cognition & Development, 7(2): 221-243; DOI:10.1080/15248372.2015.1053483

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Rutherford MD, Subiaul F (2016). Children with Autism have an Exceptional Explanatory Drive. Autism. Aug;20(6):744-53. doi: 10.1177/1362361315605973

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Subiaul, F., Patterson, E. M., Barr, R. (2016). The Cognitive Structure of Goal Emulation in Preschool Age Children: Recruitment of multiple learning processes. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 34: 132-149; doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12111.

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Subiaul, F., Winters, K., Krumpak, K., Core, C. (2016). Vocal Overimitation in Preschool Age Children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Jan; 141:145-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.08.010. Epub 2015 Sep 26.

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Subiaul, F., Krajkowski, E., Price, E. E., Etz, A. (2015). Imitation by combination: Preschool age children evidence summative imitation in a novel problem-solving task. Frontiers in Psychology. 6: 1410.doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01410

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Renner, E., Price, E., Subiaul, F. (2015). Sequential Recall of Lists with Meaningful and Meaningless Content Cues by Orangutans and Human Children. Animal Cognition. Jan;19(1):39-52. doi: 10.1007/s10071-015-0911-z. Epub 2015 Aug 23.

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Subiaul, F., Patterson, E., Renner, E., Schilder, B., Barr, R. (2015). Becoming a High Fidelity—Super—Imitator: The role of social and asocial learning in imitation development. Developmental Science. Nov;18(6):1025-35. doi: 10.1111/desc.12276. Epub 2014 Dec 28

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Subiaul, F. & Schilder, B. (2014). Working Memory Constraints on Imitation and Emulation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 128, 190-200. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.07.005

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Phillips, K., Subiaul, F., Sherwood, C. (2012). Curious monkeys have increased gray matter density in the precuneus. Neuroscience Letters, Volume 518, Issue 2. ISSN 0304-3940

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Nielsen, M., Subiaul, F., Galef, B., Zentall, T., Whiten, A. (2012). Social learning in humans and nonhuman animals: Theoretical and empirical dissections. Journal of Comparative Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/a0027758

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Subiaul, F., Anderson S., Brandt J., Elkins J. (2012). Multiple Imitation Mechanisms in Children. Developmental Psychology.

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Subiaul (2012). Cognitive Imitation: Insights into the Development and Evolution of Social Learning. In The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology (Shackelford & Vonk, Eds.). Online Publication Date:Sep 2012DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738182.013.0025

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Subiaul, F., Vonk J., Rutherford, M.D. (2011). The Ghosts in the Computer: The Role of Agency and Animacy Attributions in "Ghost Controls". PLoS ONE, 6(11) e26429

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Subiaul, F (2010). Dissecting the imitation faculty: The multiple imitation mechanisms (MIM) hypothesis. Behavioural Processes, 83(2): 222-234

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Okamoto-Barth, S., Moore, C., Barth, J., Subiaul, F, Povinelli, D. (2011). Carry-over effect of joint attention to repeated events in chimpanzees and young children. Developmental Science. 14(2): 440-52.

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Vonk J & Subiaul F (2009). Do chimpanzees know what other can and cannot do? Animal Cognition, 12(2): 267-86 [E-Pub Sept. 3, 2008]

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Do Chimpanzees Learn the Reputation of Strangers by Observation. Animal Cognition, 11(4): 611-23 [Epub Mar. 21, 2008].

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Sherwood, C., Subiaul, F., & Zawidszki, T. (2008). A Natural History of the Human Mind. Journal of Anatomy, 212(4): 426-54.

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Subiaul F (2007). The Imitation Faculty in Monkeys: Evaluating its features, distribution and evolution. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 85: 35-62.

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Subiaul F, Cantlon J, Romansky K, Klein T, Terrace HS (2007). Cognitive Imitation in 2-Year Old Human Toddlers: A comparison with rhesus monkeys. Animal Cognition. 10(4): 369-75.

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Subiaul F, Lurie H, Klein T, Holmes D, Terrace HS (2007). Cognitive Imitation in Typically-Developing 3- and 4-year Old and Individuals with Autism. Cognitive Development, 22: 230-43.

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Subiaul F, Okamoto-Barth S, Barth J, & Povinelli DJ (2007). Human Cognitive Specializations. In Todd M. Preuss & Jon H. Kaas (Eds.) Evolution of Nervous Systems: Volume V; The Evolution of Primate Nervous Systems. Elsevier: New York.

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Subiaul F, Cantlon JF, Holloway RL, Terrace HS (2004). Cognitive Imitation in Rhesus Macaques. Science, 305(5682), 407-10.

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