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Welcome to the official account of the Comparative Minds Research Group! 🙌🏻

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🌟 Our research group member Dr. Miquel Llorente will be a plenary speaker at SAVECC 2025 (20–22 Nov)! In a recent interview, he reflects on his career in behavioral science and how primate research informs human behavior.
🎥 Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPt8...
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🗣️👋 Our member @ingridvilag.bsky.social joined Prof. Pilar Prieto (ICREA–UPF) and @juliafloritpons.bsky.social (UPF) in El Periódico to discuss how speech, gesture, and bodily expression are key to early language learning and inclusion, underscoring the central role of orality in education. ✨🧒
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Can chimpanzees really change their minds? 🐒 A new Science study shows they can rationally revise their beliefs when faced with new evidence. Dr. Miquel Llorente shared insights in elDiario.es, highlighting the study’s rigor and its implications for understanding metacognition.
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🎓💡 Do you want to pursue a PhD with us? We aim to sponsor a candidate for an Inphinit Predoctoral Retaining Fellowship, a competitive call for predoctoral fellowships awarded by La Caixa. 📅 Deadline for application: 14/11/2025.

More information here: www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrece...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our co-PI Dr. Miquel Llorente shares a heartfelt reflection on Jane Goodall in elDiario.es

Goodall transformed how we understand chimpanzees —and ourselves— while inspiring generations to take action for a more sustainable and compassionate world. 🌍

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October 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New book alert! 📚 Prof. Héctor Marín Manrique explores the evolutionary roots of conformity in "El cerebro… ¿tu peor enemigo?" (Editorial Adarve, 2025). Discover how the human brain can sometimes act against our own best interests.

#Neuroscience #Psychology #Behavior #HumanMind
October 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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ISGS-Catalonia Online Lecture Series
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September 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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We are pleased to announce the establishment of ISGS-Catalonia, a hub of the International Society of Gesture studies (ISGS) based in Catalonia. Our inaugural event will feature alecture by Prof. Sotaro Kita on September 26, 2025 at 12:30 pm (GMT+2).
September 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🎤 Inaugural lecture:
Gesture, Language and Thought – Prof. Sotaro Kita @sotarokita.bsky.social, University of Warwick

📅 September 26, 2025 | 12:30 pm (GMT+2)
📍 Universitat Pompeu Fabra & online (hybrid)

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September 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Excited to share that ISGS-Catalonia is now officially established! 🎉😁 This new hub of the International Society of Gesture Studies (ISGS), coordinated by a steering group from 5 Catalan universities, aims to promote gesture research locally and internationally. 🌍
(website coming soon!)
September 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚨 New paper in Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans! Dr. Llorente and Dr. Castelain, in collaboration with Dr. Guitton, propose viewing robots as “technological primates”, suggesting that primatology offers a unifying framework to study robot psychology and social interactions. 🐒🤖
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
✨Exciting news!✨ We’ve been awarded a Generación de Conocimiento 2024 grant from @cienciagob.bsky.social 🎉

Our project “Gestures in ACTion (G-ACT)” will be led by Dr. Thomas Castelain (IP) with Dr. Miquel Llorente & Dr. Ingrid Vilà-Giménez @ingridvilag.bsky.social

We can’t wait to get started! 🚀
September 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🚨 Calling postdocs!

📣 The Comparative Minds Research Group is looking for researchers interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) 2025.

📩 Get in touch if you're interested!
comparativeminds@udg.edu
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June 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Meet our interdisciplinary team! 👋🏼
May 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Welcome to the official account of the Comparative Minds Research Group! 🙌🏻

Follow us to keep up to date on our research! 📢
May 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM