Bonn researchers get to the bottom of the social aspect of communication for mental activity
Across all species, important survival skills such as hunting prey are passed on from parents to offspring through communication. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn were able to show that effective language-like communication is a two-way process between sender and receiver. Their results have been published in the journal "Nature Communications".Communication - be it through sounds, smells or movements - is crucial for survival. Its social aspect is fundamental to cognition, as our task descriptions in the brain are shaped not only by sensory experiences, but also by the information communicated to us. ...