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Sarah Brosnan

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

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November 30, 2023

Evaluation of decision-making behavior under uncertainty in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) and humans (Homo sapiens) using a modified Balloon Analogue Risk Task→

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Reilly, OT, Brosnan, SF (2023) Journal of Comparative Psychology.

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2023, journal article
risk, decision making, comparative cognition, Tomeo
November 30, 2023

State-dependent risky choices in primates: does variation in energy budget affect tufted capuchin monkeys’ (Sapajus spp.) decisions? →

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Ciacco, F, Mayerhoff, S, De Petrillo, F, Gastaldi S, Brosnan SF, Addessi, E  (2023) American Journal of Primatology

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2023, journal article
risk, ecological influences, individual differences, decision making, Mayerhoff
November 30, 2023

Children's endowment effect is impacted by the salience of the object, but not the duration of possession or the object's tangibility→

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Webster, MF, Leverett, KL, Williamson, RA, Brosnan, SF  (2023)  Cognitive Development

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2023, journal article
endowment effect, property, decision biases, decision making, ecological influences, Smith
November 30, 2023

Under pressure: how high stakes contexts influence decision-making in non-human species→

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Sosnowski, MJ, Brosnan, SF (2023)  Animal Cognition

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2023, journal article
decision making, Sosnowski, comparative cognition
November 30, 2023

Using an evolutionary approach to improve predictive ability in the social sciences: Property, the endowment effect, and law→

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Brosnan, SF, Jones, OD (2023)  Evolution and Human Behavior

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2023, journal article
endowment effect, decision biases, decision making, evolution of behavior, property
November 30, 2023

Comparative Economics: The importance of an evolutionary approach to understanding economic decision making→

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Brosnan, SF & Wilson, BW (2023)  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B

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2023, journal article
comparative economics, decision making, cooperation, fairness
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
October 15, 2021

Anything for a cheerio: Brown capuchins (Sapajus [Cebus] apella) consistently coordinate in an Assurance Game for unequal payoffs→

October 15, 2021/ Sarah Brosnan

Robinson, LM, Martinez, M, Leverett, KL, Wilson, BJ, Brosnan, SF (2021) American Journal of Primatology

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2021, journal article
fairness, justice, cooperation, comparative economics, decision making, Robinson, leverett, Martinez
October 15, 2021

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

October 15, 2021/ Sarah Brosnan

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

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2021, journal article
comparative economics, decision making, evolution of behavior
December 12, 2020

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

December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

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

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2020, journal article
evolution of behavior, virtual worlds, ecological influences, decision making
December 12, 2020

Capuchin and rhesus monkeys show sunk-cost effects in a psychomotor task→

December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Watzek, J, Brosnan, SF (2020) Scientific Reports

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2020, journal article
primate cognition, decision biases, decision making, Watzek
December 12, 2020

Predicting variation in endowment effect magnitudes→

December 12, 2020/ Sarah Brosnan

Jaeger, C, Brosnan, SF, Levin, DT, Jones, OD (2020) Evolution and Human Behavior

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2020, journal article
comparative economics, Human behavior, property, endowment effect, decision biases, decision making, evolution of behavior
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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

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

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

Capuchin and rhesus monkeys show sunk-cost effects in a psychomotor task

Watzek, J, Brosnan, SF (2020) Scientific Reports

Are the roots of human economic systems shared with non-human primates?

Addessi, E, Beran, MJ, Bourgeouis-Gironde, S, Brosnan, SF, Leca, JB (2020) Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Capuchin and rhesus monkeys but not humans show cognitive flexibility in an optional-switch task

Watzek, J, Pope, SM, Brosnan, SF (2019) Scientific Reports

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recommended sites

  • Language Research Center, Georgia State University

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  • FIRST Fellowship Program of Emory University

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