Erica A Cartmill
Biographic Data
| ID | 91687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica A Cartmill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica A |
| FAMILY NAME | Cartmill |
| SIGNATURE | CARTMILL E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7719-4320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A robust tool kit: First report of tool use in captive crested capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus robustus )
Primate tool use is of great interest but has been reported only in a limited number of species. Here we report tool use in crested capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus robustus ), an almost completely unstudied robust capuchin species. Crested capuchins and their sister species, the yellow‐breasted capuchin, diverged from a common ancestor over 2 million years ago, so this study fills a significant gap in understanding of tool use capacity and variation w…
Gesture
Gesture is intimately entwined with human language and thought. It is a tool for communication as well as cognition: conveying information to interlocutors, orchestrating interaction, and supporting problem-solving and learning. Over the past 25 years, the community of scholars interested in gesture has grown from a specialized group to a multidisciplinary community incorporating gesture into a wide range of topics. This article aims to capture a…
The Body of Hierarchy: Hand Gestures on Classic Maya Ceramics and Their Social Significance
Classic Maya (a.d.250–900) art is filled with expressive figures in a variety of highly stylized poses and postures. These poses are so specific that they appear to be intentionally communicative, yet their meanings remain elusive. A few studies have scratched the surface of this issue, suggesting that a correlation exists between body language and social roles in Maya art. The present study examines whether one type of body language (hand gestur…
The gaits of marsupials and the evolution of diagonal‐sequence walking in primates
OBJECTIVES: Documenting the variety of quadrupedal walking gaits in a variety of marsupials (arboreal vs. terrestrial, with and without grasping hind feet), to aid in developing and refining a general theory of gait evolution in primates. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Video records of koalas, ringtail possums, tree kangaroos, sugar gliders, squirrel gliders, wombats, numbats, quolls, a thylacine, and an opossum walking on a variety of substrates were ma…
Pointing and naming are not redundant: Children use gesture to modify nouns before they modify nouns in speech
Nouns form the first building blocks of children's language but are not consistently modified by other words until around 2.5 years of age. Before then, children often combine their nouns with gestures that indicate the object labeled by the noun, for example, pointing at a bottle while saying "bottle." These gestures are typically assumed to be redundant with speech. Here we present data challenging this assumption, suggesting that these early p…
Quality of early parent input predicts child vocabulary 3 years later
Children vary greatly in the number of words they know when they enter school, a major factor influencing subsequent school and workplace success. This variability is partially explained by the differential quantity of parental speech to preschoolers. However, the contexts in which young learners hear new words are also likely to vary in referential transparency; that is, in how clearly word meaning can be inferred from the immediate extralinguis…
Evolution of Language
Pointing and naming are not redundant: Children use gesture to modify nouns before they modify nouns in speech
Nouns form the first building blocks of children's language but are not consistently modified by other words until around 2.5 years of age. Before then, children often combine their nouns with gestures that indicate the object labeled by the noun, for example, pointing at a bottle while saying "bottle." These gestures are typically assumed to be redundant with speech. Here we present data challenging this assumption, suggesting that these early p…
Gesture
Gesture is intimately entwined with human language and thought. It is a tool for communication as well as cognition: conveying information to interlocutors, orchestrating interaction, and supporting problem-solving and learning. Over the past 25 years, the community of scholars interested in gesture has grown from a specialized group to a multidisciplinary community incorporating gesture into a wide range of topics. This article aims to capture a…
The gaits of marsupials and the evolution of diagonal‐sequence walking in primates
OBJECTIVES: Documenting the variety of quadrupedal walking gaits in a variety of marsupials (arboreal vs. terrestrial, with and without grasping hind feet), to aid in developing and refining a general theory of gait evolution in primates. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Video records of koalas, ringtail possums, tree kangaroos, sugar gliders, squirrel gliders, wombats, numbats, quolls, a thylacine, and an opossum walking on a variety of substrates were ma…
The Body of Hierarchy: Hand Gestures on Classic Maya Ceramics and Their Social Significance
Classic Maya (a.d.250–900) art is filled with expressive figures in a variety of highly stylized poses and postures. These poses are so specific that they appear to be intentionally communicative, yet their meanings remain elusive. A few studies have scratched the surface of this issue, suggesting that a correlation exists between body language and social roles in Maya art. The present study examines whether one type of body language (hand gestur…
Evolution of Language
Quality of early parent input predicts child vocabulary 3 years later
Children vary greatly in the number of words they know when they enter school, a major factor influencing subsequent school and workplace success. This variability is partially explained by the differential quantity of parental speech to preschoolers. However, the contexts in which young learners hear new words are also likely to vary in referential transparency; that is, in how clearly word meaning can be inferred from the immediate extralinguis…
Pointing and naming are not redundant: Children use gesture to modify nouns before they modify nouns in speech
Nouns form the first building blocks of children's language but are not consistently modified by other words until around 2.5 years of age. Before then, children often combine their nouns with gestures that indicate the object labeled by the noun, for example, pointing at a bottle while saying "bottle." These gestures are typically assumed to be redundant with speech. Here we present data challenging this assumption, suggesting that these early p…
The gaits of marsupials and the evolution of diagonal‐sequence walking in primates
OBJECTIVES: Documenting the variety of quadrupedal walking gaits in a variety of marsupials (arboreal vs. terrestrial, with and without grasping hind feet), to aid in developing and refining a general theory of gait evolution in primates. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Video records of koalas, ringtail possums, tree kangaroos, sugar gliders, squirrel gliders, wombats, numbats, quolls, a thylacine, and an opossum walking on a variety of substrates were ma…
The Body of Hierarchy: Hand Gestures on Classic Maya Ceramics and Their Social Significance
Classic Maya (a.d.250–900) art is filled with expressive figures in a variety of highly stylized poses and postures. These poses are so specific that they appear to be intentionally communicative, yet their meanings remain elusive. A few studies have scratched the surface of this issue, suggesting that a correlation exists between body language and social roles in Maya art. The present study examines whether one type of body language (hand gestur…
A robust tool kit: First report of tool use in captive crested capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus robustus )
Primate tool use is of great interest but has been reported only in a limited number of species. Here we report tool use in crested capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus robustus ), an almost completely unstudied robust capuchin species. Crested capuchins and their sister species, the yellow‐breasted capuchin, diverged from a common ancestor over 2 million years ago, so this study fills a significant gap in understanding of tool use capacity and variation w…
Gesture
Gesture is intimately entwined with human language and thought. It is a tool for communication as well as cognition: conveying information to interlocutors, orchestrating interaction, and supporting problem-solving and learning. Over the past 25 years, the community of scholars interested in gesture has grown from a specialized group to a multidisciplinary community incorporating gesture into a wide range of topics. This article aims to capture a…
Linguistics (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Gesture (3 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Communication (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)