Article
Neurosciences
Elisa Ciaramelli, Filomena Anelli, Francesca Frassinetti
Summary: Evidence suggests that patients with vmPFC damage have difficulty projecting themselves into the future and recognizing future events, indicating a significant and multifaceted role of vmPFC in future-oriented mental time travel.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stuart K. Watson, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro
Summary: 'Pant-hoot displays' are a species-typical communicative behavior in chimpanzees, in which vocalizations are combined with behavioral displays. This case study reports on a captive chimpanzee who used a rubber feeding tub and wood wool as a percussive tool in his pant-hoot displays, demonstrating an understanding of materials and exhibiting flexibility in communication. These findings point to potentially unique aspects of chimpanzee communicative cognition and suggest avenues for future research.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Sangguk Kang, Shu Cole, Yeongbae Choe
Summary: The increasing life expectancy and ageing population have made the travel industry more aware of the importance of catering to older adults. This study examined the relationship between age, health condition, future time perspective, travel motivation, and travel intention in participants above 60 years old. The results showed that health condition was a stronger predictor of travel intention than chronological age. These findings highlight the significance of maintaining good health to foster travel behaviors among older adults, and provide valuable insights for tourism marketers in managing the ageing population.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2023)
Article
Transportation
Eva Malichova, Yannick Cornet, Martin Hudak
Summary: Long-distance travel represents a small proportion of total trips but accounts for a disproportionately high share of carbon emissions, and this share is still increasing. This research examines the factors influencing travel demand from the perspective of travelers using new app-based methods for collecting travel data. The analysis is based on a multimodal dataset of 733 long-distance trips in 8 European countries, revealing that car travel still dominates long-distance trips, although trips by train or bus tend to have more legs. Additionally, car or plane travelers are less satisfied with their trips compared to train or bus travelers. The research provides insights into the top factors affecting travel quality and preferred activities while traveling, offering potential policy pathways to promote more sustainable long-distance transportation. While the train shows promise for higher quality travel time, further research is needed to better understand the role of transfers and first-and last-mile in the perceived value of travel time. The paper suggests a renewed focus on the experience of travel time in transport assessment and policy to encourage a shift towards low-carbon long-distance travel.
TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Parnian Rafei, Tara Rezapour, Seyed Amir Hossein Batouli, Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Valentina Lorenzetti, Javad Hatami
Summary: The study found that cannabis users compared to non-users exhibited lower brain activation in regions relevant to imagining future events, and also rated the vividness of past events lower. Additionally, significant differences were observed in the brain activity of cannabis users and drug-naive controls in regions relevant to episodic future thinking.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Victoria Stanhope, Daniel Baslock, Janis Tondora, Lauren Jessell, Abigail M. Ross, Steven C. Marcus
Summary: The study presented the validity and reliability of the PCCP-AM tool, demonstrating it as a reliable objective measure of person-centered care. The tool showed good internal consistency and inter-rater reliability, making it a valuable tool for informing clinical supervision and quality improvement. Further psychometric testing is needed to strengthen the measure for research purposes.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Chen Wanxu, Pan Sipei, Ye Xinyue
Summary: Under the framework of ecological civilisation, the formulation of territorial spatial planning (TSP) and improvement of spatial governance systems are of great practical significance. This study traces the history of land-use planning (LUP) in China, analyzes its evolution and classification system, and discusses the three rounds of general LUP practice and the current TSP in the past 40 years. The development of LUP is closely related to economic development and can be divided into four stages. The classification of land-use in China has been slow and can be divided into five stages. The development of LUP methods can be divided into two stages, before and after 1978. Future development should focus on innovating theories and methods of TSP with Chinese characteristics to achieve rural revitalization and ecological civilization.
JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Evodie Schaffner, Melanie Sandoz, Cristina Grisot, Noemie Auclair-Ouellet, Marion Fossard
Summary: This article explores the relationship between mental time travel and time reference impairments in Alzheimer's disease. It highlights the lack of research on how time conceptualization impairments in this disease impact other cognitive domains, particularly language.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Patrick Burns, Teresa McCormack, Patrick A. O'Connor, Aine Fitzpatrick, Cristina Atance
Summary: The study found that developmental emergence of episodic future thinking (EFT) is associated with preschoolers' performance on a delay choice task, but deliberately engaging in thinking about future events may impair their ability to make future-oriented decisions.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Zhengchao Zhang, Meng Li
Summary: An increasing number of vehicles cause traffic congestion and long commuting time, making it important to find fast driving paths. However, effective route planning is challenging due to complex variations in traffic conditions. Existing strategies based on either traffic state before departure or short-term prediction have limitations. To address this problem, we propose a route planning approach that combines empirical observations with statistical models of error distributions to create a stochastic and time-varying road network model. Experimental results validate the significant performance improvement of our approach in peak hours.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Lucy Downey, Achille Fonzone, Grigorios Fountas, Torran Semple
Summary: This paper examines the determinants of changes in future public transport use in Scotland after the COVID-19 pandemic. It finds that respondents anticipate reducing their use of buses and trains and increasing their use of cars after the pandemic. Moreover, a random parameter bivariate probit model is used to analyze the socio-demographic, behavioral, and perceptual factors affecting future public transport usage. Factors such as pre-lockdown travel choices, perceived risk of COVID-19 infection, household size, and region significantly affect intended future use of public transport.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Regional & Urban Planning
Claire Daniel, Elizabeth Wentz, Petra Hurtado, Wei Yang, Christopher Pettit
Summary: The implications of digital technologies for planning practice have gained renewed interest, especially with the advancements in Big Data and artificial intelligence, and the increased adoption of new technologies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is limited cross-country comparative research on technology adoption in the planning profession, specifically in addressing planners' expectations and desires for future digital tools. By conducting an online survey of planners in multiple countries, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of the current and expected use of data and software in planning practice. Although the current use of data-intensive digital tools is limited, there are widespread expectations of change among planners, with remarkable similarities observed across the surveyed countries.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Abdu Mohiddin, Maria Duggan, Sheila Marsh, Hiten Dodhia, Bimpe Oki, Sarah Corlett
Summary: This study utilized future scenario thinking to explore the development of public health in Lambeth, revealing the complex impacts of socioeconomic, technological, and environmental changes on the growth of children and young people. By conducting a literature review on political, socioeconomic transitions and engaging with stakeholders through interviews and workshops, the study identified future drivers and developed future scenarios to inform the planning for children and young people in Lambeth over the next decade.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Wafa Elias, Sunbola Zatmeh-Kanj
Summary: The study examined the influence of various factors on people's decisions to continue using the train, including attitudes and beliefs towards train use, risk perception of flu-type infection, and more traditional factors. Results showed a correlation between risk perception of infection and the decision to continue train travel, as well as a relation between trip purpose and the decision to use public transportation. The study highlighted the importance of attributes favorably associated with train travel, such as saving time, reliability, and comfort.
Article
Environmental Studies
Jason Cao, Tao Tao
Summary: The number of machine learning applications for exploring the complex relationship between land use and travel behavior has increased in recent years. This paper highlights the advantages and limitations of using machine learning approaches compared to conventional statistical models and calls for further research to examine the complex relationship, particularly the threshold association between land use and travel behavior.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Carla Sebastian-Enesco, Nerea Amezcua-Valmala, Fernando Colmenares, Natacha Mendes, Josep Call
Summary: Chimpanzees and orangutans have the ability to generate innovative behaviors to solve complicated physical problems, such as the floating peanut task. Recent research suggests that they may potentially solve such tasks without relying on sensorimotor learning, but rather by mentally representing the problem.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hanna Marno, Christoph J. Volter, Brandon Tinklenberg, Dan Sperber, Josep Call
Summary: When human infants are addressed intentionally, they interpret the information as relevant and valuable. Similarly, great apes are sensitive to communicative cues, but in this study, they failed to prioritize efficiency when the ineffective method was demonstrated in a communicative way. This suggests that the communicative demonstration elicited an expectation of relevance and modified apes' interpretation of the situation.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Elizabeth Warren, Josep Call
Summary: Communication, defined as an act intended to affect another individual's psychological state, requires the use of inference. Research into animal communication has struggled to explain the mental cognitive mechanisms involved. This paper presents a new theoretical perspective called inferential communication, which bridges the gap between less cognitive descriptions of animal communication and mentalistic interpretations of human language. It proposes that non-human primates may apply social inferences to their communicative behavior, enabling complex and flexible communication systems.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Zoology
Emma S. McEwen, Elizabeth Warren, Sadie Tenpas, Benjamin Jones, Kresimir Durdevic, Emilie Rapport Munro, Josep Call
Summary: Primate cognition research relies on access to research subjects and facilities, and zoos, as research sites, hold potential advantages in terms of species diversity and research topic diversity. They also provide easier access to a wider range of subjects compared to field sites.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Christoph J. Voelter, Brandon Tinklenberg, Josep Call, Amanda M. Seed
Summary: This study investigated the relative contribution of inhibitory control to performance in inhibition tasks compared to learning or object knowledge. The experiments revealed that chimpanzees learned more quickly by avoiding objects that elicited a prepotent approach response, such as transparent cups containing food. They also learned more quickly in color discrimination tasks when the incorrect cups were sealed so that no food could be hidden inside. Moreover, in a task where visible food cues were congruent or incongruent with the reward, the chimpanzees learned more quickly in the congruent condition.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Adrian Soldati, Geresomu Muhumuza, Guillaume Dezecache, Pawel Fedurek, Derry Taylor, Josep Call, Klaus Zuberbuhler
Summary: This study reports direct observations of the birth of a wild chimpanzee in Budongo Forest, Uganda. The researchers found that chimpanzees have the ability to produce vocal sequences composed of different call types from birth, albeit in rudimentary forms.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Josep Call
Summary: In the two-cup one-item task, subjects tend to choose the baited cup even if the other cup is not shown to be empty. This study demonstrates that great apes' responses in the three-cup one-item task are determined by their expectations about the food's location, rather than just the sight of the empty cup.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthias Allritz, Josep Call, Ken Schweller, Emma S. McEwen, Miguel de Guinea, Karline R. L. Janmaat, Charles R. Menzel, Francine L. Dolins
Summary: This study presented a seminaturalistic virtual environment to six chimpanzees, showing their spatial cognition abilities and the potential of virtual environments for primate research. The chimpanzees exhibited behaviors similar to real-life navigation, indicating the high ecological validity of virtual environments for testing. Virtual environments can provide standardized testing with higher ecological validity than traditional tests in captivity.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Manon K. Schweinfurth, Dylan B. Baldridge, Kyle Finnerty, Josep Call, Gunther K. Knoblich
Summary: Humans, like many other animals, live in groups and coordinate actions with others in social settings. Chimpanzees also spontaneously synchronize their actions with conspecifics while walking together, and this coordination is influenced by social relationships within the group.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Daniel Hanus, Valentina Truppa, Josep Call
Summary: The susceptibility to visual illusions in humans may reflect specific functional adaptations of our perceptual system. Cross-cultural differences in the perception of geometric illusions support this explanation. However, little is known about the developmental trajectories of these adaptations in humans, as well as the susceptibility to illusions in other primate species.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Jan M. Engelmann, Lou M. Haux, Christoph Voelter, Hanna Schleihauf, Josep Call, Hannes Rakoczy, Esther Herrmann
Summary: Psychologists disagree on the development of logical concepts in infants. This study conducted five experiments on logical reasoning in chimpanzees and found that they exhibited some level of logical reasoning ability in certain tasks but not in others. The results are most consistent with non-deductive explanations.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Eva Reindl, Christoph Johannes Volter, Jessica Campbell-May, Josep Call, Amanda Madeleine Seed
Summary: Attentional set shifting is crucial in cognitive development, but studying it in early childhood has been limited by the lack of nonverbal measures. This article introduces a new nonverbal version of the Intradimensional/Extradimensional (ID/ED) shift task to investigate attentional set shifting and its impact on children's cognitive development.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
E. Reindl, C. J. Volter, Z. Civelek, L. Duncan, Z. Lugosi, E. Felsche, E. Herrmann, J. Call, A. M. Seed
Summary: This study compared the performance of 3-5-year-old children and chimpanzees on an attentional set shifting task. The results showed that chimpanzees and 3-4-year-old children performed similarly on this task, while 5-year-old children performed better. This suggests that chimpanzees and children share similar attentional set shifting capacities, but there are unique changes in humans at the age of 5.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jose Zamorano-Abramson, Ma Victoria Hernandez-Lloreda, Fernando Colmenares, Josep Call
Summary: Research shows that orcas are capable of flexible social learning, as they are able to imitate observed actions even after a delay, indicating cognitive control.
Article
Biology
Jan M. Engelmann, Christoph J. Voelter, Mariel K. Goddu, Josep Call, Hannes Rakoczy, Esther Herrmann
Summary: When facing uncertainty, humans often build mental models of alternative outcomes. Considering diverging scenarios allows agents to respond adaptively to different actual worlds by developing contingency plans. In a pre-registered experiment, researchers tested whether chimpanzees prepare for two mutually exclusive possibilities. The results showed that chimpanzees were more likely to protect both pieces of food in the second condition, indicating their ability to represent and prepare for different possible worlds.
