The view put forward here is that visual bodily signals play a core role in human
communication and the coordination of minds. Critically, this role goes far beyond referential …

To understand the primate origins of the human interaction engine, it is worthwhile to focus
not only on great apes but also on callitrichid monkeys (marmosets and tamarins). Like …

Hallmark social activities of humans, such as cooperation and cultural learning, involve eye-
gaze signaling through joint attentional interaction and ostensive communication. The gaze …

The evolution of language was likely facilitated by a special predisposition for social
interaction, involving a set of communicative and cognitive skills summarized as the …

Human joint action is inherently cooperative, manifested in the collaborative efforts of
participants to minimize communicative trouble through interactive repair. Although …

Compared to other animals, humans supposedly excel at voluntarily controlling and
strategically displaying emotional signals. Yet, new data shows that nonhuman great apes' …

Human joint action seems special, as it is grounded in joint commitment—a sense of mutual
obligation participants feel towards each other. Comparative research with humans and non …

Social play is ubiquitous in the development of many animal species and involves players
adapting actions flexibly to their own previous actions and partner responses. Play differs …

Joint action has increasingly become a key topic to understand the emergence of the human
mind. The phenomenon is closely linked to several theoretical concepts, such as shared …

Several scholars have long suggested that human language and remarkable
communicative abilities originate from the need and motivation to cooperate and coordinate …