Sonja J Ebel
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Recent Articles
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Ebel S, Volter C, Sanchez-Amaro A, Helming K, Herrmann E, Call J
Sci Rep
. 2024 May;
14(1):12155.
PMID: 38802445
Differences in the tool use of non-human primates and humans are subject of ongoing debate. In humans, representations of object functions underpin efficient tool use. Yet, representations of object functions...
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Malherbe M, Samuni L, Ebel S, Kopp K, Crockford C, Wittig R
PLoS Biol
. 2024 May;
22(5):e3002609.
PMID: 38713644
Tool use is considered a driving force behind the evolution of brain expansion and prolonged juvenile dependency in the hominin lineage. However, it remains rare across animals, possibly due to...
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Schubotz R, Ebel S, Elsner B, Weiss P, Worgotter F
Front Psychol
. 2023 Jul;
14:1191792.
PMID: 37397285
Tools have coined human life, living conditions, and culture. Recognizing the cognitive architecture underlying tool use would allow us to comprehend its evolution, development, and physiological basis. However, the cognitive...
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Ebel S, Volter C, Call J
J Comp Psychol
. 2020 May;
135(1):64-73.
PMID: 32463250
Humans use tools with specific functions to solve tasks more efficiently. However, functional specialization often comes at a cost: It can hinder the production of actions that are not usually...
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Ebel S, Kopp K, Liebal K
Behav Processes
. 2019 Nov;
170:103993.
PMID: 31693925
While preferences for perceptual features of objects are well studied in humans, little is known about this trait in other great apes. We therefore presented captive Sumatran orang-utans (Pongo abelii)...
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Ebel S, Schmelz M, Herrmann E, Call J
Anim Cogn
. 2019 Jul;
22(5):791-805.
PMID: 31278621
Nonhuman great apes show remarkable behavioural flexibility. Some individuals are even able to use water as a tool: They spit water into a vertical tube to make a peanut float...
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Ebel S, Hanus D, Call J
J Exp Child Psychol
. 2019 Jan;
180:87-103.
PMID: 30639770
Low innovation rates have been found with children until 6-8 years of age in tasks that required them to make a tool. Little is known about how prior experience and...