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Josep Call is a Spanish
comparative psychologist
Comparative psychology refers to the scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of non-human animals, especially as these relate to the phylogenetic history, adaptive significance, and development of behavior. Research in this area addr ...
specializing in
primate cognition
Primate cognition is the study of the intellectual and behavioral skills of non-human primates, particularly in the fields of psychology, behavioral biology, primatology, and anthropology.
Primates are capable of high levels of cognition; some ma ...
.
Early life and education
He was born in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
,
Spain
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and received a BA (1990) from the
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain), and a
master's degree
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* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification
Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
* ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic
* Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group
** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
(1997) from
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...
(United States), under the supervision of Prof.
Michael Tomasello
Michael Tomasello (born January 18, 1950) is an American developmental and comparative psychologist, as well as a linguist. He is professor of psychology at Duke University.
Earning many prizes and awards from the end of the 1990s onward, he is c ...
.
Academic career
From 1997 to 1999 he was a lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences at the
University of Liverpool
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(UK). Then in 1999 he moved to the
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (german: Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, shortened to MPI EVA) is a research institute based in Leipzig, Germany, that was founded in 1997. It is part of the Max Plan ...
in
Leipzig
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,
Germany
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where he is currently a senior scientist, co-founder and co-director of the
Wolfgang Köhler
Wolfgang Köhler (21 January 1887 – 11 June 1967) was a German psychologist and phenomenologist who, like Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka, contributed to the creation of Gestalt psychology.
During the Nazi regime in Germany, he protest ...
Primate Research Centre. Call also holds the post of Professor in Evolutionary Origins of Mind at the
University of St Andrews
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, where his focus is on technical and social problem solving in animals with a special emphasis on the great apes.
Research
Among other topics, Call has worked to identify the unique cognitive and cultural processes that distinguish humans from their nearest
primate
Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...
relatives, the
great apes
The Hominidae (), whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: '' Pongo'' (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); ''Gorilla'' (the east ...
. He has published two books and nearly two hundred research articles and book chapters on the cognition and behavior of apes and other animals. He is currently the editor of the ''
Journal of Comparative Psychology
The ''Journal of Comparative Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It covers research from a comparative perspective on the behavior, cognition, perception, and social relationships of ...
'' and a member of the editorial board of several other academic journals.
Honours
In 2013 Call was elected a Fellow of the
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...
, and in March 2016 was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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In July 2019, he was elected a
Fellow of the British Academy
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# Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom
# C ...
(FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Selected works
* Tomasello, M. & Call, J. (1997). ''Primate cognition''. New York:
Oxford University Press
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.
* Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., Call, J., Behne, T. & Moll, H. (2005). Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
''Behavioral and Brain Sciences'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of Open Peer Commentary established in 1978 by Stevan Harnad and published by Cambridge University Press. It is modeled on the journal ''Current Anthropology'' (whi ...
, 28, 1-17.
*
* Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2007). ''The gestural communication of apes and monkeys''. Manhaw NJ: LEA.
* Jensen, K., Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2007). Chimpanzees are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game.
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
, 318, 107–109.
* Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2008). Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
''Trends in Cognitive Sciences'' (''TiCS'') is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal published by Cell Press. It is one of 14 journals in the '' Trends'' series. its editor is Lindsey Drayton. ''Journal Citation Reports'' (Thomson Reuters) lists ...
, 12, 187–192.
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References
External links
Official homepage of Dr. Josep CallMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyHomepage of the Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Centre
Spanish psychologists
Comparative psychologists
1967 births
Living people
Journal of Comparative Psychology editors
Scientists from Catalonia
Emory University alumni
Academics of the University of Liverpool
Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society
Fellows of the British Academy
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