Maël Leroux
University of Zurich
11 Papers
1 Citations
Maël Leroux is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Meaning (existential). The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications. Previous affiliations of Maël Leroux include University of Rennes.
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Papers
An unexpected acoustic indicator of positive emotions in horses.
Mathilde Stomp,Maël Leroux,Marjorie Cellier,Séverine Henry,Alban Lemasson,Martine Hausberger +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors observed 48 horses living in two “extreme” conditions: restricted conditions (single stall, low roughage diet) and naturalistic conditions (stable groups in pasture).
Chimpanzees combine pant hoots with food calls into larger structures
Maël Leroux,Alexandra B. Bosshard,Bosco Chandia,Andri Manser,Klaus Zuberbühler,Simon W. Townsend,Simon W. Townsend +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the NCCR Evolving Language (NCCR ELL) was used as a reference language for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) to support the development of a language model.
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Call combinations and compositional processing in wild chimpanzees
Maël Leroux,Anne Marijke Schel,Claudia Wilke,Bosco Chandia,Klaus Zuberbühler,Katie E. Slocombe,Simon W. Townsend +6 more
TL;DR: This paper found evidence for syntactic-like structuring in chimpanzee communication, i.e., the combination of words into larger phrases, language can express a limitless number of messages.
Call combinations in great apes and the evolution of syntax
Maël Leroux,Simon W. Townsend +1 more
TL;DR: It is highlighted that, whilst current studies provide promising evidence for syntactic-like structures in the communication systems of monkeys, reconstructing the evolutionary origins of syntax hinges on comparable data from the authors' closest-living relatives, the great apes.
Cheetahs discriminate familiar and unfamiliar human voices.
TL;DR: This study finds that cheetahs showed a higher visual attention, changed activity more often and faster when the voice was familiar than when it was unfamiliar, which could support the idea that early experience and proximity to humans are at least as important as domestication when it comes to the ability to recognize humans.