Jean-louis Dessalles

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My research focuses on the quest for fundamental principles underlying the language faculty and its biological origins. I found that simplicity (or complexity drop) predicts narrative interest. I found a concise model of argumentative relevance. I found that human language behaviour can be described and explained as an instance of honest signalling.

[Online papers]    [Books]
[Interviews in the Media and popular science papers]    
[Talks]    [Teaching]

News

Mathieu Vidard. Invités : P-H. Gouyon, J-L. Dessalles

Emission à RFI (23 mai 2016): Quel est le fil de la vie ?

Caroline LACHOWSKY. Invités : P-H. Gouyon, J-L. Dessalles

Le Fil de la vie. Nouveau livre (avril 2016 chez Odile Jacob)

avec C. Gaucherel et P.-H. Gouyon

• Voir aussi mon interview dans le film d’Emmanuel Leconte et Franck Guérin, diffusé le 14.07.2015
• See also the video of my talk at COST 2016 (15.09.2016): How concepts differ from predicates
• See also the video of my talk at COGSCI 2015 (24.07.2015): Probability judgments rely on complexity assessments

Publications

Books

See also:

and also:

•     My scientific favourites
•     Scientific organisation
•     A visit to the Budongo Conservation Field Station where I could observe chimpanzees in the wild