Miquel Llorente
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4095663 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Miquel Llorente |
| PRENOMES | Miquel |
| SOBRENOME | Llorente |
| ASSINATURA | LLORENTE M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universitat de Girona |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9003-1983 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Gestural Communication in a Wild Population of Moor Macaques (Macaca maura) in South Sulawesi
Gestures are one of the key components of primate communication and have been proposed to be important precursors of intentional communication and human language. Understanding how gestural communication varies across primate taxa is therefore important for reconstructing the evolutionary origins of intentional communication and making inferences about its socio-ecological drivers. In this study, we investigated gesture use in moor macaques ( Mac…
Language as an evolutionary pressure of human handedness
Language, rooted in left-hemisphere dominance and a species-wide bias toward right-handedness, stands as a singularly complex cognitive and behavioural domain that has profoundly influenced human evolution. We argue that language should be understood not solely as an adaptation or a by-product of neural expansion and laryngeal descent, but as an active evolutionary force that reinforced pre-existing motor lateralisation. Integrating Tinbergen's f…
Behavioral Contagion in Wild Ecuadorian White‐Fronted Capuchins ( Cebus aequatorialis )
Behavioral contagion is spread across animal species and is thought to promote social cohesion and group synchronization. While yawn contagion has been extensively studied, scratch contagion remains comparatively under‐researched, particularly in wild populations. We investigated whether yawn and scratch contagion occurred in a wild group of Ecuadorian white‐fronted capuchins ( Cebus aequatorialis , N = 16) at La Hesperia Cloud Forest Reserve in …
Gestural Sequences in Wild Spider Monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi )
To date, research on gestural communication in species other than great apes has been quite limited, especially in their natural habitat, although including a broader range of species in different settings is essential for identifying evolutionary patterns and determining whether some of the fundamental characteristics of human communication are widely shared across primates. In this study, we specifically aimed to explore the use of gestural seq…
Exploring the Relationship Between Personality, Interest, and Success in Cognitive Enrichment in Western Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla)
Environmental enrichment is a valuable tool for promoting primate welfare in captivity. In this context, research on personality can help clarify how individual differences influence engagement with environmental enrichment at the individual level. Numerous studies suggest that specific personality traits may be associated with heightened motivation to explore or solve environmental enrichments tasks. Nevertheless, this relationship remains unexp…
In Search for a Dialectical Methodology in Neuropsychology
Neuroscience is increasingly assuming a leading role within modern psychology ( Maiers, 2008 ). By establishing a monist materialist worldview it overcomes the historically predominant idealism of psychoanalysis ( Vygotsky, 1986 , p. 225). However, many neuropsychological approaches come along with different methodological setbacks, including the widespread assumption of mechanism ( Nigrini et al., 2025 ). Some lines of investigation adopt a dial…
Multimodal Learning Has an Impact on Conservation Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions Towards Spider Monkeys in Mayan Children From Punta Laguna, Yucatán
Conservation education activities employing multimodal knowledge transmission, including art‐based workshops, are a multidisciplinary tool that can be used to raise awareness of the natural environment in which we live. In this study, we implemented a conservation education workshop that combined different forms of knowledge transmission, to promote pro‐environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions towards spider monkeys and their…
A Comparison between the Methodology of the Mainstream in (Neuro-)Psychology, Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s Approach
The present paper treats the issue of methodological assumptions in mainstream neuropsychology and, as counter-concepts, in Vygotsky’s approach and Holzkamp’s critical psychology. The analysis identifies four main assumptions concerning the methodology of mainstream neuropsychology, which are contrasted with the positions of other approaches. The methodologies of the mainstream neuropsychology vs. Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s approach assume: (1) me…
Beyond the Canopy
Play is a multifunctional behavior that may confer different advantages depending on the context, the species, sex, and age of the players. Despite numerous studies of social play in primates, we know little about this behavior in platyrrhines. This study was designed to provide a systematic description of social play in a wild group of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi ). We conducted behavioral observations of acrobatic social play, …
Vigilance has mainly a social function in a wild group of spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi )
Vigilance is a widespread behavior that allows individuals to socially acquire information and/or effectively detect potential risks posed by predators and conspecifics. In this study, we aimed to investigate how social factors (i.e., subgroup size, number of males and immatures in the subgroup, presence of fission and fusion events, subgroup activity), individual characteristics (i.e., sex, presence of dependent offspring) and possible vulnerabi…
Mother’s Age and Social Integration Modulate Sex-biased Maternal Investment in Wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
In many mammal species, mothers are crucial for the survival and development of young offspring. In primates, maternal investment may ensure immatures’ survival and also foster their social integration in the group, providing long-term fitness benefits. In this study, we analysed maternal investment in a wild group (N = 49) of male philopatric spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi ). We assessed whether maternal investment is biased toward sons (comp…
Cognitive enrichment in a social setting
Foraging devices are effective enrichment tools for non-human primates, as they provide both cognitive and manipulative stimulation that may enhance these animals’ welfare. We assessed the behavioral effects of a novel tool-based enrichment on 14 chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) housed at Fundació Mona (Girona, Spain). The device consisted of a vertical maze filled with food rewards, which chimpanzees could extract by using tools. We conducted beh…
The Habituation Process in Two Groups of Wild Moor Macaques (Macaca maura)
When studying animal behavior in the wild, some behaviors may require observation from a relatively short distance. In these cases, habituation is commonly used to ensure that animals do not perceive researchers as a direct threat and do not alter their behavior in their presence. However, habituation can have significant effects on the welfare and conservation of the animals. Studying how nonhuman primates react to the process of habituation can…
The Influence of Target Animacy and Social Rank on Hand Preference in Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
Play behavior in immature moor macaques ( Macaca maura ) and Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata )
Play is widespread across mammalian taxa, but species strongly vary in the ways they play. In less despotic primate species (i.e., with less steep dominance hierarchies, less severe conflicts, and more reconciliation), play has been described as being more frequent, cooperative, and freely expressed. To study the link between social play and dominance style, we compared play behavior in free‐ranging infants, juveniles and subadults of more despot…
The effect of individual and food characteristics on food retrieval and food sharing in captive Guinea baboons ( Papio papio )
Access to food is of major importance to the fitness and survival of every individual, particularly in group‐living animals, in which individual characteristics and food distribution can affect food intake. Additionally, several species of primates are known to share food under certain conditions. Such unresisted transfer of food from one individual to another appears to be adaptive, for instance as a tool to maintain and reinforce social bonds. …
Rehabilitation and Socialization of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Used for Entertainment and as Pets
Population‐level right‐handedness for a coordinated bimanual task in naturalistic housed chimpanzees
Recently, many studies have been conducted on manual laterality in chimpanzees. Nevertheless, whether nonhuman primates exhibit population‐level handedness remains a topic of considerable debate. One of the behaviors studied has been bimanual coordinated actions. Although recent studies have highlighted that captive chimpanzees show handedness at population level for these tasks, some authors have questioned the validity and consistency of these …
Manual Laterality for Simple Reaching and Bimanual Coordinated Task in Naturalistic Housed Pan troglodytes
Manual Laterality for Simple Reaching and Bimanual Coordinated Task in Naturalistic Housed Pan troglodytes
The Habituation Process in Two Groups of Wild Moor Macaques (Macaca maura)
When studying animal behavior in the wild, some behaviors may require observation from a relatively short distance. In these cases, habituation is commonly used to ensure that animals do not perceive researchers as a direct threat and do not alter their behavior in their presence. However, habituation can have significant effects on the welfare and conservation of the animals. Studying how nonhuman primates react to the process of habituation can…
Rehabilitation and Socialization of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Used for Entertainment and as Pets
A Comparison between the Methodology of the Mainstream in (Neuro-)Psychology, Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s Approach
The present paper treats the issue of methodological assumptions in mainstream neuropsychology and, as counter-concepts, in Vygotsky’s approach and Holzkamp’s critical psychology. The analysis identifies four main assumptions concerning the methodology of mainstream neuropsychology, which are contrasted with the positions of other approaches. The methodologies of the mainstream neuropsychology vs. Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s approach assume: (1) me…
Manual Laterality for Simple Reaching and Bimanual Coordinated Task in Naturalistic Housed Pan troglodytes
Population‐level right‐handedness for a coordinated bimanual task in naturalistic housed chimpanzees
Recently, many studies have been conducted on manual laterality in chimpanzees. Nevertheless, whether nonhuman primates exhibit population‐level handedness remains a topic of considerable debate. One of the behaviors studied has been bimanual coordinated actions. Although recent studies have highlighted that captive chimpanzees show handedness at population level for these tasks, some authors have questioned the validity and consistency of these …
Rehabilitation and Socialization of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Used for Entertainment and as Pets
Play behavior in immature moor macaques ( Macaca maura ) and Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata )
Play is widespread across mammalian taxa, but species strongly vary in the ways they play. In less despotic primate species (i.e., with less steep dominance hierarchies, less severe conflicts, and more reconciliation), play has been described as being more frequent, cooperative, and freely expressed. To study the link between social play and dominance style, we compared play behavior in free‐ranging infants, juveniles and subadults of more despot…
The effect of individual and food characteristics on food retrieval and food sharing in captive Guinea baboons ( Papio papio )
Access to food is of major importance to the fitness and survival of every individual, particularly in group‐living animals, in which individual characteristics and food distribution can affect food intake. Additionally, several species of primates are known to share food under certain conditions. Such unresisted transfer of food from one individual to another appears to be adaptive, for instance as a tool to maintain and reinforce social bonds. …
The Influence of Target Animacy and Social Rank on Hand Preference in Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
Cognitive enrichment in a social setting
Foraging devices are effective enrichment tools for non-human primates, as they provide both cognitive and manipulative stimulation that may enhance these animals’ welfare. We assessed the behavioral effects of a novel tool-based enrichment on 14 chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) housed at Fundació Mona (Girona, Spain). The device consisted of a vertical maze filled with food rewards, which chimpanzees could extract by using tools. We conducted beh…
The Habituation Process in Two Groups of Wild Moor Macaques (Macaca maura)
When studying animal behavior in the wild, some behaviors may require observation from a relatively short distance. In these cases, habituation is commonly used to ensure that animals do not perceive researchers as a direct threat and do not alter their behavior in their presence. However, habituation can have significant effects on the welfare and conservation of the animals. Studying how nonhuman primates react to the process of habituation can…
Vigilance has mainly a social function in a wild group of spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi )
Vigilance is a widespread behavior that allows individuals to socially acquire information and/or effectively detect potential risks posed by predators and conspecifics. In this study, we aimed to investigate how social factors (i.e., subgroup size, number of males and immatures in the subgroup, presence of fission and fusion events, subgroup activity), individual characteristics (i.e., sex, presence of dependent offspring) and possible vulnerabi…
Mother’s Age and Social Integration Modulate Sex-biased Maternal Investment in Wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
In many mammal species, mothers are crucial for the survival and development of young offspring. In primates, maternal investment may ensure immatures’ survival and also foster their social integration in the group, providing long-term fitness benefits. In this study, we analysed maternal investment in a wild group (N = 49) of male philopatric spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi ). We assessed whether maternal investment is biased toward sons (comp…
Beyond the Canopy
Play is a multifunctional behavior that may confer different advantages depending on the context, the species, sex, and age of the players. Despite numerous studies of social play in primates, we know little about this behavior in platyrrhines. This study was designed to provide a systematic description of social play in a wild group of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi ). We conducted behavioral observations of acrobatic social play, …
Multimodal Learning Has an Impact on Conservation Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions Towards Spider Monkeys in Mayan Children From Punta Laguna, Yucatán
Conservation education activities employing multimodal knowledge transmission, including art‐based workshops, are a multidisciplinary tool that can be used to raise awareness of the natural environment in which we live. In this study, we implemented a conservation education workshop that combined different forms of knowledge transmission, to promote pro‐environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions towards spider monkeys and their…
A Comparison between the Methodology of the Mainstream in (Neuro-)Psychology, Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s Approach
The present paper treats the issue of methodological assumptions in mainstream neuropsychology and, as counter-concepts, in Vygotsky’s approach and Holzkamp’s critical psychology. The analysis identifies four main assumptions concerning the methodology of mainstream neuropsychology, which are contrasted with the positions of other approaches. The methodologies of the mainstream neuropsychology vs. Holzkamp’s and Vygotsky’s approach assume: (1) me…
Gestural Communication in a Wild Population of Moor Macaques (Macaca maura) in South Sulawesi
Gestures are one of the key components of primate communication and have been proposed to be important precursors of intentional communication and human language. Understanding how gestural communication varies across primate taxa is therefore important for reconstructing the evolutionary origins of intentional communication and making inferences about its socio-ecological drivers. In this study, we investigated gesture use in moor macaques ( Mac…
Language as an evolutionary pressure of human handedness
Language, rooted in left-hemisphere dominance and a species-wide bias toward right-handedness, stands as a singularly complex cognitive and behavioural domain that has profoundly influenced human evolution. We argue that language should be understood not solely as an adaptation or a by-product of neural expansion and laryngeal descent, but as an active evolutionary force that reinforced pre-existing motor lateralisation. Integrating Tinbergen's f…
Behavioral Contagion in Wild Ecuadorian White‐Fronted Capuchins ( Cebus aequatorialis )
Behavioral contagion is spread across animal species and is thought to promote social cohesion and group synchronization. While yawn contagion has been extensively studied, scratch contagion remains comparatively under‐researched, particularly in wild populations. We investigated whether yawn and scratch contagion occurred in a wild group of Ecuadorian white‐fronted capuchins ( Cebus aequatorialis , N = 16) at La Hesperia Cloud Forest Reserve in …
Gestural Sequences in Wild Spider Monkeys ( Ateles geoffroyi )
To date, research on gestural communication in species other than great apes has been quite limited, especially in their natural habitat, although including a broader range of species in different settings is essential for identifying evolutionary patterns and determining whether some of the fundamental characteristics of human communication are widely shared across primates. In this study, we specifically aimed to explore the use of gestural seq…
Exploring the Relationship Between Personality, Interest, and Success in Cognitive Enrichment in Western Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla)
Environmental enrichment is a valuable tool for promoting primate welfare in captivity. In this context, research on personality can help clarify how individual differences influence engagement with environmental enrichment at the individual level. Numerous studies suggest that specific personality traits may be associated with heightened motivation to explore or solve environmental enrichments tasks. Nevertheless, this relationship remains unexp…
In Search for a Dialectical Methodology in Neuropsychology
Neuroscience is increasingly assuming a leading role within modern psychology ( Maiers, 2008 ). By establishing a monist materialist worldview it overcomes the historically predominant idealism of psychoanalysis ( Vygotsky, 1986 , p. 225). However, many neuropsychological approaches come along with different methodological setbacks, including the widespread assumption of mechanism ( Nigrini et al., 2025 ). Some lines of investigation adopt a dial…
Primate Behavior and Ecology (16 obras) · Psychology (12 obras) · Biology (11 obras) · Animal ecology (9 obras) · Developmental psychology (9 obras) · Ecology (9 obras) · Child and Animal Learning Development (7 obras) · Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (7 obras) · Zoology (7 obras) · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 obras)