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Sarah Brosnan

Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience Department of Psychology | Co-Director, Language Research Center | Georgia State University

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August 28, 2026

Levelling: behaviors that constrain inequality in animal societies

August 28, 2026/ Sarah Brosnan

Papageorgious, D, Borgerhoff Mulder, M, Brosnan, SF, Strauss, E (2026) Trends in Ecology and Evolution

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August 28, 2026/ Sarah Brosnan/ /Source
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fairness, collective decision making, ecological influences, social influences
August 28, 2026

Inconsistently inequitable outcomes do not lead to negative responses in non-human primates

August 28, 2026/ Sarah Brosnan

Simmons, SMV, Hopper, LM, Paukner, A, Freeman, HD, Talbot, CF, Lambeth, SP, Schapiro, SJ, Williams, LE, Brosnan, SF (in press) American Journal of Primatology

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August 28, 2026/ Sarah Brosnan/
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Simmons, hopper, freeman, Talbot, fairness, comparative economics
August 28, 2026

Going with the Flow: A Candidate Locomotor Play Behavior in Captive Juvenile Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin)

August 28, 2026/ Sarah Brosnan

Weyman Heller, G, Alton, C, Revels, N, Mendelson, J, Brosnan, SF (in press) Animal Behavior and Cognition

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August 28, 2026/ Sarah Brosnan/
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Heller, comparative cognition, play, reptiles, Welfare
July 24, 2025

A Comparative Perspective on Attentional Biases Toward Social Threat

July 24, 2025/ Sarah Brosnan

Reilly, OT, Brosnan, SF (in press) Animal Behavior and Cognition

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July 24, 2025/ Sarah Brosnan/
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Tomeo, cognition, comparative cognition
October 15, 2021

The Origins of Collective Decision-Making: Insights Into Collective Defense Behavior From Agent-Based Modeling

October 15, 2021/ Sarah Brosnan

Watzek, J, Hauber, ME, Jack, KM, Murrell, JM, Tecot, SR, Brosnan, SF (in press) Behavioral Processes

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October 15, 2021/ Sarah Brosnan/
in press, journal article
modeling, cooperation, collective decision making, decision making, Watzek
December 12, 2020

What behavior in economic games tells us about the evolution of non-human species’ economic decision-making behavior

December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Brosnan, SF (in press) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

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December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan/
journal article, in press
comparative economics, cooperation
December 12, 2020

Understanding the evolution of animal innovation at the individual level: A ratings-based assessment in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus [Cebus] sp.)

December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Morton, FB, Buchanan-Smith, HM, Brosnan, SF, Thierry, B, Paukner, A, Essler, JL, Marcum, CS, Lee, PC (in press) Journal of Comparative Psychology

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December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan/
in press, journal article
social learning, primate cognition, evolution of behavior, essler
December 12, 2020

Cues that improve capuchin monkeys’ performance on a dichotomous choice task are less helpful for other primates

December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Prétôt, L Mickelberg, J, Carrigan, J, Stoinski, T, Bshary, R & Brosnan, SF (in press) American Journal of Primatology

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December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan/
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pretot, primate cognition, ecological influences
December 11, 2020

Building peace through social relationships: a primatological perspective

December 11, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Brosnan, SF (in press) Crossing Peacebuilding Paradigms (ed H. Carey). Cambridge University Press

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December 11, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan/
in press, book chapter
cooperation, evolution of behavior
December 04, 2020

Meeting cognitive, behavioral and social needs of primates in captivity

December 04, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Talbot, CF, Reamer, LA, Lambeth, SP, Schapiro, SJ, Brosnan, SF (in press) Nonhuman Primate Welfare (ed L Robinson & A Weiss). Springer.

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December 04, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan/
book chapter, in press
Talbot, health & welfare, Welfare
July 01, 2019

Putting Chimpanzee Cooperation in Context

July 01, 2019/ Sarah Brosnan

Vale, GL & Brosnan, SF (in press) Chimpanzees in Context (eds L Hopper and S Ross).  University of Chicago Press.

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July 01, 2019/ Sarah Brosnan/
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Vale, cooperation, comparative economics
July 01, 2019

Capuchin monkeys

July 01, 2019/ Sarah Brosnan

Benítez, MB, Fragaszy, DM, Brosnan, SF (in review)  Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals (ed K Coleman and SJ Schapiro).  Taylor & Francis.

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July 01, 2019/ Sarah Brosnan/
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Welfare, Benitez
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Frans de Waal (1948-2024)

Brosnan, SF  (2024)  Science

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In Memory of Our Mentor: Frans de Waal (1948-2024)

Brosnan, SF, Aureli, F, Bonnie, K, Calcutt, S, Campbell, M, Carter, D, Clay, Z, Dindo Danforth, M, Eppley, TM, Flack, J, Hall, K, Huneycutt, S, Judge, P, Long, D, Parish, A, Plotnik, JM, Pokorny, J, Preston, S, Proctor, D, Romero, T, Seres, M, Suchak, M, Verbeek, P, Weaver, A, Webb, C (2024) American Journal of Primatology

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How context influences animals’ decisions about reciprocity

Brosnan, SF (2024) Ethology

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What behavior in economic games tells us about the evolution of non-human species’ economic decision-making behavior

Brosnan, SF (2021) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

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Experimental Test for Consistent Differences in Ape Societies Emerge in Virtual Worlds

Wilson, BJ, Brosnan, SF, Lonsdorf, EV, Sanz, CM (2020) Scientific Reports

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recommended sites

  • Language Research Center, Georgia State University

  • Cognitive Sciences Program, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University

  • Living Links Center of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center

  • Research at Zoo Atlanta

  • Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research

  • FIRST Fellowship Program of Emory University

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