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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

Added complexity inhibits tufted capuchin monkeys’ (Sapajus [Cebus] apella) selection of ephemeral options in a dichotomous choice task

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Babb, MH, Pretôt, L, Bshary, R, Brosnan, SF  (in press)   Animal Behaviour

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November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan/
2023, journal article
comparative cognition, ecological influences, Babb, Pretot
November 30, 2023

Humans’, capuchins monkeys’, and rhesus macaques’ size judgements shift when stimuli change in frequency→

November 30, 2023/ Sarah Brosnan

Simmons, SMV, Brosnan, SF (2023) Journal of Comparative Psychology

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2023, journal article
decision biases, ecological influences, Simmons
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
October 15, 2021

Behavioral Biology of Capuchin Monkeys

October 15, 2021/ Sarah Brosnan

Benítez, MB, Fragaszy, DM, Brosnan, SF (2021) Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals (ed K Coleman and SJ Schapiro). Taylor & Francis

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October 15, 2021/ Sarah Brosnan/
2021, book chapter
evolution of behavior, ecological influences, Benitez, health & welfare
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

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/
in press, journal article
pretot, primate cognition, ecological influences
September 01, 2016

Factors influencing the different performance of fish and primates on a dichotomous choice task→

September 01, 2016/ Sarah Brosnan

Prétôt, L, Bshary, R, Brosnan, SF (2016) Animal Behaviour

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2016, in press
pretot, ecological influences, comparative cognition
April 20, 2016

Comparing species’ decisions in a dichotomous choice task: Adjusting task parameters improves performance in monkeys→

April 20, 2016/ Sarah Brosnan

Prétôt, L, Bshary, R, Brosnan, SF (2016) Animal Cognition

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2016, journal article
pretot, primate cognition, ecological influences
October 15, 2014

Adult Cleaner Wrasse Outperform Capuchin Monkeys, Chimpanzees and Orangutans in a Complex Foraging Task Derived from Cleaner–Client Reef Fish Cooperation→

October 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

Salwiczek, L, Prétôt, L, Demarta, L, Proctor, D, Essler, J, Pinto, AI, Wismer, S, Stoinski, T, Brosnan, SF, Bshary, R (2012). PLOS ONE, 7(11), e49068.

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2012, journal article
ecological influences, essler, pretot, primate cognition, proctor, comparative cognition
October 15, 2014

Are Cleaner Fish, Labroides dimidiatus, Inequity Averse? →

October 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

Raihani, NJ, McAuliffe, K, Brosnan, SF, Bshary, R (2012). Animal Behaviour.

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2012, journal article
ecological influences, fairness, comparative cognition
October 15, 2014

Evolution and the Expression of Biases: Situational Value Changes the Endowment Effect in Chimpanzees→

October 15, 2014/ ScienceSites

Brosnan, SF, Jones, OD, Gardner, M, Pavonetti, SL, Schapiro, SJ (2012). Evolution and Human Behavior.

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2012, journal article
ecological influences, property, comparative economics, decision biases, decision making, endowment effect
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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

  • 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

  • American Society of Primatologists

  • Animal Behavior Society

  • International Primatological Society

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