Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Scientist
Evolutionary Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Bonobo but not chimpanzee infants use socio-sexual contact with peers.
Journal Article Primates; journal of primatology · April 2011 Bonobos have been observed to use socio-sexual behavior at higher frequency than chimpanzees. Little is known about the developmental influences that shape this behavior in bonobos. We compared the social sexual behavior of wild-born bonobo (n = 8) and chi ... Full text CiteThink outside the lab: sanctuaries are the future of research on captive great apes
Journal Article Encyclopaedia of Animal Behaviour and Welfar · June 2008 CiteTolerance allows bonobos to outperform chimpanzees on a cooperative task.
Journal Article Current biology : CB · April 2007 To understand constraints on the evolution of cooperation, we compared the ability of bonobos and chimpanzees to cooperatively solve a food-retrieval problem. We addressed two hypotheses. The "emotional-reactivity hypothesis" predicts that bonobos will coo ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Longitudinal Cognitive and Emotional Development in Working Dog Puppies
ResearchLaboratory Manager · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2026View All Grants