Prof Josep Call

Prof Josep Call

Bishop Wardlaw Professor

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3608
Email
jc276@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Research areas

My research focuses on technical and social problem solving in animals with a special emphasis on the great apes.Ìý Some of the topics that I am currently investigating include causal and inferential reasoning, tool-use, long-term memory and planning, gestural communication and mindreading.Ìý Ultimately, my goal is to contribute to elucidate how cognition evolves.

PhD supervision

  • KaustabhÌýBaruah
  • ChristinaÌýRuiz-Mendoza
  • EricÌýVasey

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Boada, M., Hernández-Lloreda, M. V., Colmenares, F. & Call, J., 3 Feb 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 12 p., 4649.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Lewis, L. S., Kano, F., Stevens, J. M. G., DuBois, J. G., Call, J. & Krupenye, C., 1 Feb 2026, In: Animal Behavior and Cognition. 13, 1, p. 1-21

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Soldati, A., Fedurek, P., Eleuteri, V., Zuberbühler, K., Call, J., Muhumuza, G., Mbotella, M., Adue, S., Boscou, C., Asua, J., Lomoro, D., Muhanguzi, G. & Dezecache, G., 21 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 293, 2063, 20250997.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Völter, C. J., Felsche, E., Call, J. & Rossano, F., Apr 2026, In: Animal Behaviour. 234, p. 1-13 13 p., 123512.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Radovanović, K., Lorskens, A., Schütte, S., Bräue, J., Call, J., B. M. Haun, D. & J. C. van Leeuwen, E., 16 Apr 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 20242873.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rapport Munro, E., Koopman, S. E., Anderson, S. P., Schweller, K., Röhr, H., Kleiman-Weiner, M., Lewis, R., Klein, B., Allritz, M., Robinson, L. M., Dolins, F. L. & Call, J., 1 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Comparative Psychology. 139, 3, p. 155-177 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Schleihauf, H., Sanford, E., Thompson, B., Zhang, S., Rukundo, J., Call, J., Herrmann, E. & Engelmann, J., 30 Oct 2025, In: Science. 390, 6772, p. 521-526

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Koopman, S., Allritz, M., McEwen, E., Dolins, F. L., Janmaat, K. R. L., Schweller, K. & Call, J., 1 Feb 2025, In: Animal Behavior and Cognition. 12, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Jones, B. & Call, J., 2 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Animal Cognition. 28, 16 p., 3.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Rapport Munro, E., Allritz, M., Schweller, K., Haun, D. B. M. & Call, J., 9 Sept 2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 9, e0329468.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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