For this blog entry, I am indebted to psychologist Dr. John Narciso (his 1975 book, Declare Yourself) for introducing me to the ideas of declarative and operational communication. What follows is my ...

When we notice somebody pointing at something, we automatically look in the direction of the gesture. In humans, the ability to understand this type of gesturing (known as declarative communication) ...

Bonobos and chimpanzees that had been reared in socio-linguistically rich environments (i.e., lots of opportunities for complex communicative interactions with humans) performed significantly better ...