Marie Bourjade

Marie Bourjade is a Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at the Cognition, Languages, Language, Ergonomics Laboratory (CLLE, UMR 5263) of Toulouse Jean Jaurès University. She leads research on multimodal communication systems, with a focus on human-primate comparative analysis and language evolution through her MODAL project.

• HDR in 2022: 'Bridges between gesture and voice in primate species'
• Junior Member of Institut Universitaire de France since 2020
• Previously held postdoctoral positions at Max Planck Institute and Aix-Marseille University

Her research explores interspecific communication mechanisms, combining developmental psychology, experimental linguistics, and primate behavioral ecology. Recent publications examine attention-sensitive communication in human infants and olive baboons, revealing evolutionary continuities in multimodal signaling.

She supervises master's theses in evolutionary psychology and teaches across L1-L3 psychology curricula, including developmental psychology history, observation techniques, and comparative psychology courses. Collaborations include institutions like University of California San Diego, University of St Andrews, and Tilburg University.