Comparative Cognition Lab

@ UC San Diego

WHO WE ARE

The Comparative Cognition Lab is led by Dr. Federico Rossano at the University of California, San Diego. Our team of researchers takes a comparative approach to the study of human social cognition: we conduct research with children and adults, a variety of non-human primates, and domesticated dogs to understand how we construct, navigate, and thrive in our social-cultural niche.

Dog Cognition Project

Can your dog talk? We are running a large-scale study in collaboration with FluentPet to determine whether, and if so to what degree, non-humans are able to express themselves in language-like ways. We work with participants like Bunny the “Talking Dog” who have been trained to communicate with humans through a soundboard.

Primate Studies

Can your dog talk? We are running a large-scale study in collaboration with FluentPet to determine whether, and if so to what degree, non-humans are able to express themselves in language-like ways. We work with participants like Bunny the “Talking Dog” who have been trained to communicate with humans through a soundboard.

Children Studies

We are currently conducting several projects examining how children navigate their social relationships and understand concepts like gender stereotypes, ownership, and hierarchy.

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