A dyadic brain model of ape gestural learning, production and representation

It has been argued that variation in gesture usage among apes is influenced either by differential sampling of an innate 'gesture space' (Hobaiter and Byrne in Anim Cogn 14:745-767, 2011) or through the 'mutual shaping of behavior' (Halina et al. in Anim Cogn 16(4):653-666, 2013) referred to as ontogenetic ritualization. In either case, learning must play some role in how individuals come to use particular gestures-either through reinforcement...