Pitt, B., Ferrigno, S., Cantlon, J. F., Casasanto, D., Gibson, E., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2021). Spatial concepts of number, size, and time in an indigenous culture. Science Advances, 7(3). [link]
Ferrigno, S., Huang, Y., & Cantlon, J. F. (2021). Reasoning through the disjunctive syllogism in monkeys. Psychological Science. [pdf]
Ferrigno, S., Cheyette, S. J., Piantadosi, S. T., & Cantlon, J. F. (2020). Recursive sequence generation in monkeys, children, US adults, and native Amazonians. Science Advances, 6(26). [link]
Ferrigno, S., Cheyette, S. J., Abhishek, D., Piantadosi, S. T., & Cantlon, J. F. (2020). Simple models of sequential processing cannot explain center-embedded generalizations. Science Advances e-Letter. [link]
Pitt, B., Casasanto, D., Ferrigno, S., Gibson, E., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2020). Multi-directional mappings in the minds of the Tsimane’: Size, time, and number on three spatial axes. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
Ferrigno, S., Bueno, G., & Cantlon, J. F. (2019). A similar basis for judging confidence in monkeys and humans. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 6(5), 335-343. [pdf]
Ferrigno, S., Kornell, N., & Cantlon, J. F. (2017). A metacognitive illusion in monkeys. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 10.1098/rspb.2017.1541. [link]
Ferrigno, S., Jara-Ettinger, J., Piantadosi, S. T., & Cantlon, J. F. (2017). Universal and uniquely human factors in spontaneous numerical perception. Nature Communications, 8. 10.1038/NCOMMS13968 [link]
Ullman, T. D., Alonso-Diaz, S., Ferringo, S., Zahid, S., & Kidd, C. (2017). Weight matters: The role of physical weight in non-physical language across age and culture. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
Ferrigno, S., Hughes, K. D., & Cantlon, J. F. (2015). Precocious quantitative cognition in monkeys. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,23(1), 141-147. [pdf]
Cantlon, J. F., Piantadosi, S. T., Ferrigno, S., Hughes, K. D., & Barnard, A. M. (2015). The origins of counting algorithms. Psychological Science,26(6), 853-865. [pdf]
Kelly, B., Maguire-Herring, V., Rose, C. M., Gore, H. E., Ferrigno S., Novak, M. A., & Lacreuse, A. (2015). Short-term testosterone manipulations do not affect cognition or motor function in young and older male rhesus monkeys. Hormones and Behavior, 66(5), 731-742. [link]
Manuscripts (in review & in prep)
Ferrigno, S., Cheyette, S. J., & Carey, S. (in prep). Creating recursive, center-embedded sequences with an iterative queue.
Ferrigno, S.*, Leahy. B. P.*, Huang, Y., & Cantlon, J. F. (in review). No evidence that monkeys misrepresent mutual exclusivity. *Equal contributions to the manuscript
Ferrigno, S., & Carey, S. (in prep). The representations underlying children’s center-embedded sequencing.
Ferrigno, S., Kenny, J., & Carey, S. (in prep). Count list manipulation is a limiting factor of implementing the later-greater number principle.
Book Chapters & Thesis
Ferrigno, S. (2022). Recursion, sequencing, and grammar. In B. L. Schwartz & M. J. Beran (Eds.), Primate cognitive studies (pp. 260-290). Cambridge University Press. [link]
Ferrigno, S. (2018). Evolutionary and developmental origins of human thought. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Rochester]. [Precis] [link]
Ferrigno, S., & Cantlon, J. F. (2017). Evolutionary constraints on the emergence of human mathematical concepts. In J. H. Kaas (Ed.), Evolution of nervous systems (2nd ed., Vol. 3) (pp. 511-521). Academic Press. [pdf]
Selected Conference Presentations
Ferrigno, S. (2021, April 22-23). The evolutionary, developmental, and cultural origins of human cognitive capacities. [Conference session]. John Hopkins Foundations of Animal Minds Workshop, Virtual. [email for recording link]
Ferrigno, S. (2019, July 29-August 1). The evolutionary, developmental, and cultural origins of human thought. [Glushko Dissertation Prize Talk]. 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Virtual. [précis, email for recording link]
Ferrigno, S., & Carey, S. (2019, July 29-August 1). The representation of recursive center-embedded and cross-serial sequences in children and adults. [Poster presentation]. 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Virtual.
Ferrigno, S., & Carey, S. (2019, October 17-19). The development and representational nature of center-embedded, recursive sequences. [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.
Huang, Y., Ferrigno, S., & Cantlon, J. C. (2018, April 20). Reasoning through the disjunctive syllogism in non-human primates. Talk presented by Y. Huang (Mentee). University of Rochester Undergraduate Research Expo, Rochester, NY.
Ferrigno, S., Piantadosi, S. T., & Cantlon, J. C. (2017, October 12-14). Recursion in monkeys, children, Tsimane’ and US adults. [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR.
Haslinger, A., Ferrigno, S., Piantadosi, S. T., & Cantlon, J. F. (2017, April 6-8). Is center-embedded sequencing the limiting factor of language? Poster presented by A. Haslinger (Mentee). Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Memphis, TN.
Ferrigno, S., Kornell, N., & Cantlon, J. F. (2016, November 17). Metacognitive illusions in monkeys: The effects of perceptual fluency on confidence judgments. [Conference session]. Comparative Cognition Society, Boston, MA. *New Investigator Award, APA Div. 3
Kornell, N., Cantlon, J. F., Ferrigno, S., & Hausman, H. (2016, November 17). What monkeys and humans tell us about the role of beliefs and heuristics in metacognitive judgments. International Association for Metacognition, Boston, MA.
Ferrigno, S., Jara-Ettinger, J., Piantadosi, S. T., & Cantlon, J. F. (2015, October 8-10). A universal number bias in monkeys, children, and innumerate adults. [Poster presentation]. Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH.
Ferrigno, S., Piantadosi, S.T., & Cantlon, J. F. (2014, March 26-29). Proto-counting in baboons. [Poster presentation]. Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, Fl.
Ferrigno, S., & Cantlon, J. F. (2013). Quantity representations in olive baboons. [Conference session]. Seneca Park Zoological Conference, Rochester, NY.
Ferrigno, S., Hughes, K., & Cantlon, J. F. (2013). A cognitive precursor to counting in monkeys. [Poster presentation]. NIH Math Consortium, Bethesda, MD.
Ganesan, S., Ferrigno, S., Rose, C., & Lacreuse, A. (2012). Training for memory recall in young and older male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Poster presented by S. Ganesan (Mentee). Veterinary & Animal Sciences Science Day, University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA.
Chang, J., Palamara, E., Wilbar, E., Ferrigno, S., Ferris, C., Meyer, J. S., Metevier, C., & Lacreuse, A. (2011). Neurocognitive effects of estrogens: a project in middle-aged female marmosets. [Poster presentation]. Center for Neuroendocrine Symposium, University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA.