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The lowest common denominator between species for teaching behaviors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Arnaud Badets  and
François Osiurak
Arnaud Badets
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 86000 Poitiers, France. arnaud.badets@univ-poitiers.fr http://cerca.labo.univ-poitiers.fr
François Osiurak
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EA 3082), Université Lyon 2, 69676 Lyon, France. francois.osiurak@univ-lyon2.fr http://recherche.univ-lyon2.fr/emc/ Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France.
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Abstract

We propose that an underestimated albeit fundamental mechanism in teaching behavior is perceptual resonance. With this mechanism, many animals, including humans, are able to learn from each other by sharing and processing relevant events in the environment. For teaching, we suggest a triadic principle involving the teacher, the learner, and the events to be learned from the world.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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