Press

Why do apes like to spin? Maybe for the same reasons as people.

The New York Times, Apr 26, 2023

Why primates (including humans) love to spin ourselves around until we all fall down?

Scientific American, Mar 28, 2023

What is the shape of this word?

Scientific American 60-Second Science, Feb 2, 2022

Nonsense words make people around the world think of the same shapes.

Science, Nov 1, 2021

Sounds about right.

Scientific American, Sep, 2021

No shared language? No problem! People across cultures understand clues from 'vocal charades'.

Science, May 14, 2021

Finding our voice.

New Scientist, May 4, 2019

Words as feelings.

Aeon, Feb 6, 2019.

Buzz! Thwack! How sounds become words.

Science, Mar 31, 2016.

Has this gorilla learnt to talk?

BBC (Earth Blog), Aug 21, 2015.

How a coughing ape is changing our ideas about animals, humans and language.

Washington Post, Aug 18, 2015

Spoken language could tap into ‘universal code’.

Science, Aug 12, 2015.

How did our ancestors develop the very first language?

New Scientist, Aug 7, 2015

A thousand dollar prize awaits whoever can speak without words.

Vice (Motherboard), Jan 10, 2015.

A famous gorilla plays the recorder, and we all may learn something.

NPR (13.7 Cosmos & Culture blog), Feb 2, 2012.