?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolution+of+Symbolisation+in+Chimpanzees+and+Neural+Nets&rft.creator=Cangelosi%2C+Angelo&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Linguistics&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=from+Introduction%3A+Animal+communication+systems+and+human+languages+can+be+characterised+by+the+type+of+cognitive+abilities+that+are+required.+If+we+consider+the+main+semiotic+distinction+between+communication+using+icons%2C+signals%2C+or+symbols+(Peirce%2C+1955%3B+Harnad%2C+1990%3B+Deacon%2C+1997)+we+can+identify+different+cognitive+loads+for+each+type+of+reference.+The+use+and+understanding+of+icons+require+instinctive+behaviour+(e.g.+emotions)+or+simple+perceptual+processes+(e.g.+visual+similarities+between+an+icon+and+its+meaning).+Communication+systems+that+use+signals+are+characterised+by+referential+associations+between+objects+and+visual+or+auditory+signals.+They+require+the+cognitive+ability+to+learn+stimulus+associations%2C+such+as+in+conditional+learning.+Symbols+have+double+associations.+Initially%2C+symbolic+systems+require+the+establishment+of+associations+between+signals+and+objects.+Secondly%2C+other+types+of+relationships+are+learned+between+the+signals+themselves.+The+use+of+rule+for+the+logical+combination+of+symbols+is+an+example+of+symbolic+relationship.+Symbolisation+is+the+ability+to+acquire+and+handle+symbols+and+symbolic+relationships.+%0A&rft.contributor=Desalles%2C+J.L.&rft.contributor=Ghadakpour%2C+L.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2023%2F3%2Fcangelosi-paris2000.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cangelosi%2C+Angelo++(2000)+Evolution+of+Symbolisation+in+Chimpanzees+and+Neural+Nets.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2023%2F