🌟 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.
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🗣️👋 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. ✨🧒

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.

🎓💡 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...

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. 🌍

📰 www.eldiario.es/sociedad/reg...

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

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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).

🎤 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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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!)

🚨 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. 🐒🤖

✨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! 🚀

🚨 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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