Brian Hare
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018
- Chair of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2022
- Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018
- Member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences 2008
- Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2008
- Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017
Contact Information
- 004 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
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b.hare@duke.edu
(919) 660-7292
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http://www.3chimpsduke.com
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http://www.dukedogs.com
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 2004
- M.A., Harvard University 2000
- B.A., Emory University 1998
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2018
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008 - 2012
- Recognition
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In the News
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Testing the effect of a major transition inn cognitive evolution awarded by Templeton World Charity Foundation 2022 - 2025
- The Evolution of Comity: An Interdiscilinary Exploration of the Nature, Developmental Origins and Future of Shared Humanity awarded by John Templeton Foundation 2022 - 2025
- Longitudinal comparison of cognitive and emotional development in assistance dog puppies reared in two different ways awarded by American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation 2020 - 2024
- Longitudinal Cognitive and Emotional Development in Working Dog Puppies awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- Using Longitudinal Cognitive Developmental Measures and Socialization to Predict and Enhance Military Working Dog Performance awarded by Office of Naval Research 2020 - 2023
- Can playful learning increase success in canine good citizenship training? awarded by Stanton Foundation 2018 - 2021
- Creating an Online Tool for Large-Scale Comparative Cognition Collaborations awarded by Templeton World Charity Foundation 2017 - 2019
- One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Characterizing Comparative Cognitive Development to Predict and Enhance Military Working Dog Performance awarded by Office of Naval Research 2016 - 2019
- 2016-17 Next Generation Canine Research Fellowship awarded by Stanton Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Social Integration in Female Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania and Tchimpounga Sanctuary, Republic of Congo awarded by Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation 2014 - 2017
- Cognitive Predictors of Assistance Dog Success awarded by American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation 2014 - 2016
- Reducing the Demand for Bonobo Bushmeat: An Efficacy Assessment of Lola ya Bonobo's Conservation Education Program awarded by National Academy of Sciences 2014 - 2015
- Identifying Temperamental and Cognitive Traits that Lead to Successful IED Detector Dogs awarded by Office of Naval Research 2012 - 2015
- Collaborative Research: Genetic Bases for the Evolution of Human Diet awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2014
- Identifying the cognitive traits of successful companion dogs awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2013
- Bonobos, Chimpanzees and the Developmental Origins of Human Cognition awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2013
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External Relationships
- Friends of Bonobos
- Penguin Random House
- SBS NEWS (S. KOREA) Provided 10K donation to Duke Canine Cognition Center for Speaking at Democracy Event
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Hare, B., and S. Yamamoto. Bonobos: Unique in mind, brain, and behavior, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.001.0001.Full Text
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Academic Articles
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Salomons, Hannah, Kyle C. M. Smith, Megan Callahan-Beckel, Margaret Callahan, Kerinne Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Emily E. Bray, et al. “Response to Hansen Wheat et al.: Additional analysis further supports the early emergence of cooperative communication in dogs compared to wolves raised with more human exposure.” Learning & Behavior, February 2023. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00576-2.Full Text
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Zhou, Wen, and Brian Hare. “The Early Expression of Blatant Dehumanization in Children and Its Association with Outgroup Negativity.” Human Nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) 33, no. 2 (June 2022): 196–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-022-09427-x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Rimbach, Rebecca, Ahmad Amireh, Austin Allen, Brian Hare, Emily Guarino, Chana Kaufman, Hannah Salomons, and Herman Pontzer. “Total energy expenditure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of different ages.” The Journal of Experimental Biology, July 6, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242218.Full Text
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Salomons, Hannah, Kyle C. M. Smith, Megan Callahan-Beckel, Margaret Callahan, Kerinne Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Emily E. Bray, et al. “Cooperative Communication with Humans Evolved to Emerge Early in Domestic Dogs.” Current Biology : Cb 31, no. 14 (July 2021): 3137-3144.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.051.Full Text
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Pontzer, Herman, Mary H. Brown, Brian M. Wood, David A. Raichlen, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Jacob A. Harris, Holly Dunsworth, et al. “Evolution of water conservation in humans.” Current Biology : Cb 31, no. 8 (April 2021): 1804-1810.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.045.Full Text
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Bray, Emily E., Margaret E. Gruen, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Daniel J. Horschler, Kerinne M. Levy, Brenda S. Kennedy, Brian A. Hare, and Evan L. MacLean. “Dog cognitive development: a longitudinal study across the first 2 years of life.” Animal Cognition 24, no. 2 (March 2021): 311–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01443-7.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, and Morgan Ferrans. “Is cognition the secret to working dog success?” Animal Cognition 24, no. 2 (March 2021): 231–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01491-7.Full Text
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Bowie, Aleah, Kara Walker, Gabrielle Bunnell, Dominique Morel, Fanny Minesi, Raphael Belais, and Brian Hare. “Assessing conservation attitudes and behaviors of Congolese children neighboring the world's first bonobo (Pan paniscus) release site.” American Journal of Primatology 83, no. 1 (January 2021): e23217. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23217.Full Text
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Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Brian Hare, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Josep Call, Juliane Kaminski, Ádám Miklósi, and Evan L. MacLean. “Breed Differences in Dog Cognition Associated with Brain-Expressed Genes and Neurological Functions.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 60, no. 4 (October 2020): 976–90. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa112.Full Text
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Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali E., Brian Hare, Noah Snyder-Mackler, and Evan L. MacLean. “Estimating the heritability of cognitive traits across dog breeds reveals highly heritable inhibitory control and communication factors.” Animal Cognition 23, no. 5 (September 2020): 953–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01400-4.Full Text
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Bray, E. E., M. E. Gruen, G. E. Gnanadesikan, D. J. Horschler, K. M. Levy, B. S. Kennedy, B. A. Hare, and E. L. MacLean. “Cognitive characteristics of 8- to 10-week-old assistance dog puppies.” Animal Behaviour 166 (August 1, 2020): 193–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.05.019.Full Text
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Watowich, Marina M., Evan L. MacLean, Brian Hare, Josep Call, Juliane Kaminski, Ádám Miklósi, and Noah Snyder-Mackler. “Age influences domestic dog cognitive performance independent of average breed lifespan.” Animal Cognition 23, no. 4 (July 2020): 795–805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01385-0.Full Text
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Brooks, J., R. Kays, and B. Hare. “Coyotes living near cities are bolder: Implications for dog evolution and human-wildlife conflict.” Behaviour 157, no. 3–4 (January 1, 2020): 289–313. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10002.Full Text
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Gruen, Margaret E., Philip White, and Brian Hare. “Do dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity? Veterinarians and the public believe they do.” Plos One 15, no. 3 (January 2020): e0230315. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230315.Full Text
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Horschler, Daniel J., Brian Hare, Josep Call, Juliane Kaminski, Ádám Miklósi, and Evan L. MacLean. “Absolute brain size predicts dog breed differences in executive function.” Animal Cognition 22, no. 2 (March 2019): 187–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-018-01234-1.Full Text
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Barron, Andrew B., and Brian Hare. “Prosociality and a Sociosexual Hypothesis for the Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction in Humans.” Frontiers in Psychology 10 (January 2019): 2955. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02955.Full Text
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Lucca, Kelsey, Evan L. MacLean, and Brian Hare. “The development and flexibility of gaze alternations in bonobos and chimpanzees.” Developmental Science 21, no. 4 (July 2018): e12598. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12598.Full Text
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Hare, B. “Domestication experiments reveal developmental link between friendliness and cognition.” Journal of Bioeconomics 20, no. 1 (April 1, 2018): 159–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10818-017-9264-9.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., and Brian Hare. “Enhanced Selection of Assistance and Explosive Detection Dogs Using Cognitive Measures.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5 (January 2018): 236. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00236.Full Text
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Krupenye, Christopher, and Brian Hare. “Bonobos Prefer Individuals that Hinder Others over Those that Help.” Current Biology : Cb 28, no. 2 (January 2018): 280-286.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.061.Full Text
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Tan, Jingzhi, Dan Ariely, and Brian Hare. “Bonobos respond prosocially toward members of other groups.” Scientific Reports 7, no. 1 (November 2017): 14733. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15320-w.Full Text
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MacLean, E. L., E. Herrmann, S. Suchindran, and B. Hare. “Individual differences in cooperative communicative skills are more similar between dogs and humans than chimpanzees.” Animal Behaviour 126 (April 1, 2017): 41–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.01.005.Full Text
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Hare, Brian. “Survival of the Friendliest: Homo sapiens Evolved via Selection for Prosociality.” Annual Review of Psychology 68 (January 2017): 155–86. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010416-044201.Full Text
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Reddy, Rachna B., Christopher Krupenye, Evan L. MacLean, and Brian Hare. “No evidence for contagious yawning in lemurs.” Animal Cognition 19, no. 5 (September 2016): 889–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-016-0986-1.Full Text
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Pontzer, Herman, Mary H. Brown, David A. Raichlen, Holly Dunsworth, Brian Hare, Kara Walker, Amy Luke, et al. “Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history.” Nature 533, no. 7603 (May 2016): 390–92. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17654.Full Text
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Rosati, A. G., and B. Hare. “Reward currency modulates human risk preferences.” Evolution and Human Behavior 37, no. 2 (March 1, 2016): 159–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.10.003.Full Text
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Krupenye, Christopher, Alexandra G. Rosati, and Brian Hare. “What's in a frame? Response to Kanngiesser & Woike (2016).” Biology Letters 12, no. 1 (January 2016): 20150959. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0959.Full Text
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Stewart, L., E. L. MacLean, D. Ivy, V. Woods, E. Cohen, K. Rodriguez, M. McIntyre, et al. “Citizen Science as a New Tool in Dog Cognition Research.” Plos One 10, no. 9 (September 16, 2015): e0135176. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135176.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Bray, E., E. MacLean, and B. Hare. “Increasing arousal enhances inhibitory control in calm but not excitable dogs.” Animal Cognition, July 14, 2015, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0901-1.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Reddy, Rachna B., Evan L. MacLean, Aaron A. Sandel, and Brian Hare. “Social inhibitory control in five lemur species.” Primates; Journal of Primatology 56, no. 3 (July 2015): 241–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-015-0467-1.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., and Brian Hare. “Evolution. Dogs hijack the human bonding pathway.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 348, no. 6232 (April 2015): 280–81. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aab1200.Full Text
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Hare, B., and S. Yamamoto. “Moving bonobos off the scientifically endangered list.” Behaviour 152, no. 3–4 (February 10, 2015): 247–58. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003263.Full Text
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MacLean, E. L., and B. Hare. “Bonobos and chimpanzees exploit helpful but not prohibitive gestures.” Behaviour 152, no. 3–4 (February 10, 2015): 493–520. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003203.Full Text
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Schroepfer-Walker, K., V. Wobber, and B. Hare. “Experimental evidence that grooming and play are social currency in bonobos and chimpanzees.” Behaviour 152, no. 3–4 (February 10, 2015): 545–62. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003258.Full Text
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Tan, J., S. Kwetuenda, and B. Hare. “Preference or paradigm? Bonobos show no evidence of other-regard in the standard prosocial choice task.” Behaviour 152, no. 3–4 (February 10, 2015): 521–44. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003230.Full Text
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Krupenye, Christopher, Alexandra G. Rosati, and Brian Hare. “Bonobos and chimpanzees exhibit human-like framing effects.” Biology Letters 11, no. 2 (February 2015): 20140527. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0527.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., Christopher Krupenye, and Brian Hare. “Dogs (Canis familiaris) account for body orientation but not visual barriers when responding to pointing gestures.” Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) 128, no. 3 (August 2014): 285–97. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035742.Full Text
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Rosati, Alexandra G., Kerri Rodriguez, and Brian Hare. “The ecology of spatial memory in four lemur species.” Animal Cognition 17, no. 4 (July 2014): 947–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0727-2.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., Brian Hare, Charles L. Nunn, Elsa Addessi, Federica Amici, Rindy C. Anderson, Filippo Aureli, et al. “The evolution of self-control.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111, no. 20 (May 20, 2014): E2140–48. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323533111.Full Text Link to Item
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Bray, Joel, Christopher Krupenye, and Brian Hare. “Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) exploit information about what others can see but not what they can hear.” Animal Cognition 17, no. 3 (May 2014): 735–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0705-0.Full Text
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Wobber, Victoria, Esther Herrmann, Brian Hare, Richard Wrangham, and Michael Tomasello. “Differences in the early cognitive development of children and great apes.” Developmental Psychobiology 56, no. 3 (April 2014): 547–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21125.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Bray, Emily E., Evan L. MacLean, and Brian A. Hare. “Context specificity of inhibitory control in dogs.” Animal Cognition 17, no. 1 (January 2014): 15–31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0633-z.Full Text
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Cieri, R. L., S. E. Churchill, R. G. Franciscus, J. Tan, and B. Hare. “Craniofacial feminization, social tolerance, and the origins of behavioral modernity.” Current Anthropology 55, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 419–43. https://doi.org/10.1086/677209.Full Text
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Pontzer, Herman, David A. Raichlen, Adam D. Gordon, Kara K. Schroepfer-Walker, Brian Hare, Matthew C. O’Neill, Kathleen M. Muldoon, et al. “Primate energy expenditure and life history.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, no. 4 (January 2014): 1433–37. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1316940111.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan, and Brian Hare. “Spontaneous triadic engagement in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).” Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) 127, no. 3 (August 2013): 245–55. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030935.Full Text
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Wobber, Victoria, Brian Hare, Susan Lipson, Richard Wrangham, and Peter Ellison. “Different ontogenetic patterns of testosterone production reflect divergent male reproductive strategies in chimpanzees and bonobos.” Physiology & Behavior 116–117 (May 2013): 44–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.03.003.Full Text
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Herrmann, Esther, Stefanie Keupp, Brian Hare, Amrisha Vaish, and Michael Tomasello. “Direct and indirect reputation formation in nonhuman great apes (Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) and human children (Homo sapiens).” Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) 127, no. 1 (February 2013): 63–75. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028929.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Bray, E. E., E. L. MacLean, and B. A. Hare. “Context specificity of inhibitory control in dogs.” Animal Cognition, 2013, 1–17.
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Hare, Brian. “Animal behavior. For $60, a peek inside your dog's mind.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 339, no. 6117 (January 2013): 260–61. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.339.6117.260.Full Text
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Maclean, Evan L., Aaron A. Sandel, Joel Bray, Ricki E. Oldenkamp, Rachna B. Reddy, and Brian A. Hare. “Group Size Predicts Social but Not Nonsocial Cognition in Lemurs.” Plos One 8, no. 6 (January 2013): e66359. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066359.Full Text
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Rosati, Alexandra G., and Brian Hare. “Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit emotional responses to decision outcomes.” Plos One 8, no. 5 (January 2013): e63058. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063058.Full Text
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Tan, Jingzhi, and Brian Hare. “Bonobos share with strangers.” Plos One 8, no. 1 (January 2013): e51922. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051922.Full Text
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Nunn, Charles L., and Brian Hare. “Pathogen flow: what we need to know.” American Journal of Primatology 74, no. 12 (December 2012): 1084–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22070.Full Text
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Rosati, Alexandra G., and Brian Hare. “Chimpanzees and bonobos exhibit divergent spatial memory development.” Developmental Science 15, no. 6 (November 2012): 840–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01182.x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Rosati, A. G., and B. Hare. “Decision making across social contexts: Competition increases preferences for risk in chimpanzees and bonobos.” Animal Behaviour 84, no. 4 (October 1, 2012): 869–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.07.010.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Hare, B., V. Wobber, and R. Wrangham. “The self-domestication hypothesis: Evolution of bonobo psychology is due to selection against aggression.” Animal Behaviour 83, no. 3 (March 1, 2012): 573–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.007.Full Text
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MacLean, Evan L., Luke J. Matthews, Brian A. Hare, Charles L. Nunn, Rindy C. Anderson, Filippo Aureli, Elizabeth M. Brannon, et al. “How does cognition evolve? Phylogenetic comparative psychology.” Anim Cogn 15, no. 2 (March 2012): 223–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-011-0448-8.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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MacLean, E. L., and B. Hare. “Bonobos and chimpanzees infer the target of another's attention.” Animal Behaviour 83, no. 2 (February 1, 2012): 345–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.026.Full Text
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Herrmann, Esther, Brian Hare, Julia Cissewski, and Michael Tomasello. “A comparison of temperament in nonhuman apes and human infants.” Developmental Science 14, no. 6 (November 2011): 1393–1405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01082.x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Hare, B. “From hominoid to hominid mind: What changed and why?” Annual Review of Anthropology 40 (October 6, 2011): 293–309. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145726.Full Text
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Sandel, A. A., E. L. MacLean, and B. Hare. “Evidence from four lemur species that ringtailed lemur social cognition converges with that of haplorhine primates.” Animal Behaviour 81, no. 5 (May 1, 2011): 925–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.020.Full Text
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Woods, Vanessa, and Brian Hare. “Bonobo but not chimpanzee infants use socio-sexual contact with peers.” Primates; Journal of Primatology 52, no. 2 (April 2011): 111–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-010-0229-z.Full Text
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Rosati, Alexandra G., and Brian Hare. “Chimpanzees and bonobos distinguish between risk and ambiguity.” Biology Letters 7, no. 1 (February 2011): 15–18. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0927.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Schroepfer, Kara K., Alexandra G. Rosati, Tanya Chartrand, and Brian Hare. “Use of "entertainment" chimpanzees in commercials distorts public perception regarding their conservation status.” Plos One 6, no. 10 (January 2011): e26048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026048.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Wobber, Victoria, and Brian Hare. “Psychological health of orphan bonobos and chimpanzees in African sanctuaries.” Plos One 6, no. 6 (January 2011): e17147. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017147.Full Text
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Herrmann, Esther, Brian Hare, Josep Call, and Michael Tomasello. “Differences in the cognitive skills of bonobos and chimpanzees.” Plos One 5, no. 8 (August 2010): e12438. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012438.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Wobber, Victoria, Brian Hare, Jean Maboto, Susan Lipson, Richard Wrangham, and Peter T. Ellison. “Differential changes in steroid hormones before competition in bonobos and chimpanzees.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, no. 28 (July 2010): 12457–62. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1007411107.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, and Suzy Kwetuenda. “Bonobos voluntarily share their own food with others.” Current Biology : Cb 20, no. 5 (March 2010): R230–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.038.Full Text
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Vlamings, Petra H. J. M., Brian Hare, and Josep Call. “Reaching around barriers: the performance of the great apes and 3-5-year-old children.” Animal Cognition 13, no. 2 (March 2010): 273–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-009-0265-5.Full Text
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Wobber, Victoria, Richard Wrangham, and Brian Hare. “Bonobos exhibit delayed development of social behavior and cognition relative to chimpanzees.” Current Biology : Cb 20, no. 3 (February 2010): 226–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.070.Full Text
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Hare, B., A. G. Rosati, J. Kaminski, J. Braeuer, J. Call, and M. Tomasello. “The domestication hypothesis for dogs' skills with human communication: A response to Udell et al. (2008) and Wynne et al. (2008).” Animal Behaviour 79 (2010): e1–6.Open Access Copy
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Herrmann, Esther, Maria Victoria Hernández-Lloreda, Josep Call, Brian Hare, and Michael Tomasello. “The structure of individual differences in the cognitive abilities of children and chimpanzees.” Psychological Science 21, no. 1 (January 2010): 102–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797609356511.Full Text
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Melis, A. P., B. Hare, and M. Tomasello. “Chimpanzees coordinate in a negotiation game.” Evolution and Human Behavior 30, no. 6 (November 1, 2009): 381–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.05.003.Full Text
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Wobber, V., B. Hare, J. Koler-Matznick, R. Wrangham, and M. Tomasello. “Breed differences in domestic dogs' (Canis familiaris) comprehension of human communicative signals.” Interaction Studies 10, no. 2 (September 28, 2009): 206–24. https://doi.org/10.1075/is.10.2.06wob.Full Text
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Wobber, Victoria, and Brian Hare. “Testing the social dog hypothesis: are dogs also more skilled than chimpanzees in non-communicative social tasks?” Behavioural Processes 81, no. 3 (July 2009): 423–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2009.04.003.Full Text
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McIntyre, Matthew H., Esther Herrmann, Victoria Wobber, Michel Halbwax, Crispin Mohamba, Nick de Sousa, Rebeca Atencia, Debby Cox, and Brian Hare. “Bonobos have a more human-like second-to-fourth finger length ratio (2D:4D) than chimpanzees: a hypothesized indication of lower prenatal androgens.” Journal of Human Evolution 56, no. 4 (April 2009): 361–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.12.004.Full Text
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Rosati, Alexandra G., and Brian Hare. “Looking past the model species: diversity in gaze-following skills across primates.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology 19, no. 1 (February 2009): 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2009.03.002.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Wobber, Victoria, Brian Hare, and Richard Wrangham. “Great apes prefer cooked food.” Journal of Human Evolution 55, no. 2 (August 2008): 340–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.003.Full Text
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Heilbronner, Sarah R., Alexandra G. Rosati, Jeffrey R. Stevens, Brian Hare, and Marc D. Hauser. “A fruit in the hand or two in the bush? Divergent risk preferences in chimpanzees and bonobos.” Biology Letters 4, no. 3 (June 2008): 246–49. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0081.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Ross, S. R., K. E. Lukas, E. V. Lonsdorf, T. S. Stoinski, B. Hare, R. Shumaker, and J. Goodall. “Science priorities. Inappropriate use and portrayal of chimpanzees.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 319, no. 5869 (March 2008): 1487. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154490.Full Text
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Herrmann, E., J. Call, M. V. Hernández-Lloreda, B. Hare, and M. Tomasello. “Response [3].” Science 319, no. 5863 (February 1, 2008): 569.
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Melis, A. P., B. Hare, and M. Tomasello. “Do chimpanzees reciprocate received favours?” Animal Behaviour 76, no. 3 (January 1, 2008): 951–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.014.Full Text
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Rosati, Alexandra G., Jeffrey R. Stevens, Brian Hare, and Marc D. Hauser. “The evolutionary origins of human patience: temporal preferences in chimpanzees, bonobos, and human adults.” Current Biology : Cb 17, no. 19 (October 2007): 1663–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.033.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Herrmann, Esther, Josep Call, Maráa Victoria Hernàndez-Lloreda, Brian Hare, and Michael Tomasello. “Humans have evolved specialized skills of social cognition: the cultural intelligence hypothesis.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 317, no. 5843 (September 2007): 1360–66. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1146282.Full Text
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Warneken, Felix, Brian Hare, Alicia P. Melis, Daniel Hanus, and Michael Tomasello. “Spontaneous altruism by chimpanzees and young children.” Plos Biology 5, no. 7 (July 2007): e184. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050184.Full Text
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Burnham, T. C., and B. Hare. “Engineering human cooperation : DDDDDoes involuntary neural activation increase public goods contributions?” Human Nature 18, no. 2 (June 1, 2007): 88–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-007-9012-2.Full Text
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Hare, B. “From nonhuman to human mind: What changed and why?” Current Directions in Psychological Science 16, no. 2 (April 1, 2007): 60–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00476.x.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, Alicia P. Melis, Vanessa Woods, Sara Hastings, and Richard Wrangham. “Tolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task.” Current Biology : Cb 17, no. 7 (April 2007): 619–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.040.Full Text
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Tomasello, Michael, Brian Hare, Hagen Lehmann, and Josep Call. “Reliance on head versus eyes in the gaze following of great apes and human infants: the cooperative eye hypothesis.” Journal of Human Evolution 52, no. 3 (March 2007): 314–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.10.001.Full Text
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Warneken, F., B. Hare, A. P. Melis, D. Hanus, and M. Tomasello. “Spontaneous altruism by chimpanzees and young children.” Plos Biology 5, no. 7 (2007): 1414–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050184.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, Josep Call, and Michael Tomasello. “Chimpanzees deceive a human competitor by hiding.” Cognition 101, no. 3 (October 2006): 495–514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2005.01.011.Full Text
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Melis, A. P., B. Hare, and M. Tomasello. “Engineering cooperation in chimpanzees: tolerance constraints on cooperation.” Animal Behaviour 72, no. 2 (August 1, 2006): 275–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.09.018.Full Text
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Jensen, Keith, Brian Hare, Josep Call, and Michael Tomasello. “What's in it for me? Self-regard precludes altruism and spite in chimpanzees.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 273, no. 1589 (April 2006): 1013–21. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3417.Full Text
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Melis, Alicia P., Brian Hare, and Michael Tomasello. “Chimpanzees recruit the best collaborators.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 311, no. 5765 (March 2006): 1297–1300. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1123007.Full Text
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Miklósi, A., and J. Topál. “Is there a simple recipe for how to make friends?” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 9, no. 10 (October 2005): 463–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.08.009.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, and Michael Tomasello. “Human-like social skills in dogs?” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 9, no. 9 (September 2005): 439–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.07.003.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, Irene Plyusnina, Natalie Ignacio, Olesya Schepina, Anna Stepika, Richard Wrangham, and Lyudmila Trut. “Social cognitive evolution in captive foxes is a correlated by-product of experimental domestication.” Current Biology : Cb 15, no. 3 (February 2005): 226–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.040.Full Text
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Call, Josep, Brian Hare, Malinda Carpenter, and Michael Tomasello. “'Unwilling' versus 'unable': chimpanzees' understanding of human intentional action.” Developmental Science 7, no. 4 (September 2004): 488–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00368.x.Full Text
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Hare, B., and M. Tomasello. “Chimpanzees are more skilful in competitive than in cooperative cognitive tasks.” Animal Behaviour 68, no. 3 (September 1, 2004): 571–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.11.011.Full Text
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Tomasello, M., J. Call, and B. Hare. “Chimpanzees versus humans: It's not that simple.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7, no. 6 (June 1, 2003): 239–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00107-4.Full Text
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Tomasello, M., J. Call, and B. Hare. “Chimpanzees understand psychological states - The question is which ones and to what extent.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7, no. 4 (April 1, 2003): 153–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00035-4.Full Text
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Hare, B., E. Addessi, J. Call, M. Tomasello, and E. Visalberghi. “Do capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella, know what conspecifics do and do not see?” Animal Behaviour 65, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 131–42. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2002.2017.Full Text
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Hare, Brian, Michelle Brown, Christina Williamson, and Michael Tomasello. “The domestication of social cognition in dogs.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 298, no. 5598 (November 2002): 1634–36. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1072702.Full Text
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Hare, B. “Can competitive paradigms increase the validity of experiments on primate social cognition?” Animal Cognition 4, no. 3–4 (December 1, 2001): 269–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100710100084.Full Text
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Hare, B., J. Call, and M. Tomasello. “Do chimpanzees know what conspecifics know?” Animal Behaviour 61, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 139–51. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1518.Full Text
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Tomasello, M., B. Hare, and T. Fogleman. “The ontogeny of gaze following in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, and rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta.” Animal Behaviour 61, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 335–43. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2000.1598.Full Text
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Agnetta, B., B. Hare, and M. Tomasello. “Cues to food location that domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) of different ages do and do not use.” Animal Cognition 3, no. 2 (December 1, 2000): 107–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100710000070.Full Text
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Hare, B., J. Call, B. Agnetta, and M. Tomasello. “Chimpanzees know what conspecifics do and do not see.” Animal Behaviour 59, no. 4 (January 1, 2000): 771–85. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1377.Full Text
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Wrangham, R., M. Wilson, B. Hare, and N. D. Wolfe. “Chimpanzee predation and the ecology of microbial exchange.” Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 12, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 186–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/089106000750051855.Full Text
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Hare, B., and M. Tomasello. “Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) use human and conspecific social cues to locate hidden food.” Journal of Comparative Psychology 113, no. 2 (January 1, 1999). https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7036.113.2.173.Full Text
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Itakura, S., B. Agnetta, B. Hare, and M. Tomasello. “Chimpanzee use of human and conspecific social cues to locate hidden food.” Developmental Science 2, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 448–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7687.00089.Full Text
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Tomasello, M., B. Hare, and B. Agnetta. “Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, follow gaze direction geometrically.” Animal Behaviour 58, no. 4 (January 1, 1999): 769–77. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1192.Full Text
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Tomasello, M., J. Call, and B. Hare. “Five primate species follow the visual gaze of conspecifics.” Animal Behaviour 55, no. 4 (January 1, 1998): 1063–69. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1997.0636.Full Text
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Book Sections
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Woods, V., and B. Hare. “Uncanny valley of the apes.” In Why We Love and Exploit Animals: Bridging Insights from Academia and Advocacy, 104–20, 2019.
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Yamamoto, S., N. Tokuyama, Z. Clay, and B. Hare. “Chimpanzee and bonobo.” In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 324–34, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.90716-7.Full Text
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Faust, L. J., C. André, R. Belais, F. Minesi, Z. Pereboom, K. Rodriguez, and B. Hare. “Bonobo population dynamics: Past patterns and future predictions for the Lola ya Bonobo population using demographic modelling.” In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, 266–74, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0018.Full Text
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Hare, B., and S. Yamamoto. “Minding the bonobo mind.” In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, 1–14, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0001.Full Text
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Hare, B., and V. Woods. “Cognitive comparisons of genus Pan support bonobo self-domestication.” In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, 214–32, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0015.Full Text
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Krupenye, C., E. L. MacLean, and B. Hare. “Does the bonobo have a (chimpanzee-like) theory of mind?” In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, 81–94, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0006.Full Text
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Tan, J., and B. Hare. “Prosociality among non-kin in bonobos and chimpanzees compared.” In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, 140–54, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0010.Full Text
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Walker, K., and B. Hare. “Bonobo baby dominance: Did female defense of offspring lead to reduced male aggression?” In Bonobos: Unique in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, 49–64, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198728511.003.0004.Full Text
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Hare, B. “Is human free will prisoner to primate, ape, and hominin preferences and biases?” In Moral Psychology, Volume 4: Free Will And Moral Responsibility, 361–66, 2014.
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Rosati, Alexandra G., Susanne B., Susanne B. Santos, Laurie R., and B. Hare. “Primate Neuroethology.” In Primate Neuroethology, edited by Michael L. Platt and Asif A. Ghazanfar, 117–43. Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.Open Access Copy
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Rosati, A G, J. A., and B. Hare. “Social Cognition: From Behavior-Reading to Mind-Reading.” In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, edited by B. Koob, George F. and B. Le Moal, Michel, 263–70. Elsevier Science, 2010.Open Access Copy
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Rosati, A. G., L. R. Santos, and B. Hare. “Primate Social Cognition: Thirty Years After Premack and Woodruff.” In Primate Neuroethology, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326598.003.0007.Full Text
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2023
- POE 105: Spring Breakthrough 2023
- EVANTH 260: Human Cognitive Evolution 2022
- EVANTH 391: Independent Study 2022
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2022
- EVANTH 561S: Evolution, Cognition, and Society 2022
- NEUROSCI 260: Human Cognitive Evolution 2022
- POE 105: Spring Breakthrough 2022
- PSY 255: Human Cognitive Evolution 2022
- PSY 561S: Evolution, Cognition, and Society 2022
- EVANTH 393: Research Independent Study 2021
- EVANTH 495S: Advanced Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2021
- EVANTH 791: Independent Study 2021
- EVANTH 793: Research in Evolutionary Anthropology 2021
- PSY 494: Research Independent Study 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- How can dognition help applied canine sciences?. Association of Pet Dog Trainers Annual Meeting. Association of Pet Dog Trainers. October 11, 2013 2013
- How do we improve canine health with dognition?. AKC Health Foundation Annual Meeting. AKC. October 11, 2013 2013
- The challenge of promoting humane behavior. American Humane Association: Be Humane Summit. American Humane Association. October 11, 2013 2013
- How does a more pro-social ape evolve?. October 11, 2012 2012
- The self- domestication hypothesis of bonobo evolution.. October 11, 2012 2012
- The win-win solution for humans and apes: the future of research is in zoos and sanctuaries.. October 11, 2011 2011
- What is it like to be an ape?. October 11, 2011 2011
- The win-win solution for humans and apes: the future of research is in zoos and sanctuaries.. Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. January 16, 2011 2011
- What is it like to be an ape?. Meeting of the American Society of Primatologist. American Society of Primatologist. January 16, 2011 2011
- How does trust develop in dogs?. October 11, 2010 2010
- Let's make welfare cool and create a culture of compassion.. October 11, 2010 2010
- Non-invasive cognition research in nonhuman primates and other animals.. October 11, 2010 2010
- The juvenilization of bonobo cognition.. October 11, 2010 2010
- Thinking wrong: humans as the most intelligent species?. October 11, 2010 2010
- If Darwin could have been a cognitive scientist today.. October 11, 2009 2009
- The evolution of the cognitive dog.. October 11, 2009 2009
- What if Freud knew he was an ape?. October 11, 2009 2009
- What is really human cooperation?. October 11, 2009 2009
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
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Service to the Profession
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