Dominant capuchin monkeys donate to socially close and similarly ranked group members in a group service paradigm
/Babb, MH & Brosnan, SF (2026) Animal Behaviour
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/Brosnan, SF (2020) Learning and Behavior
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/Sosnowski, M & Brosnan SF (2019) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (eds J. Vonk & T. Shackelford)
Read MoreUnderstanding social decision-making from another species’ perspective→
/Brosnan, SF (2017). Learning and Cognition.
Selective and Contagious Prosocial Resource Donation in Capuchin Monkeys, Chimpanzees and Humans (PDF)→
/Claidière, N, Whiten, A, Mareno, MC, Messer, EJE, Brosnan, SF, Hopper, LM, Lambeth, SP, Schapiro, SJ, McGuigan, N (2014). Nature Scientific Reports.
Read MoreChimpanzees Share Food for Many Reasons: The Role of Kinship, Reciprocity, Social Bonds and Harassment on Food Transfers→
/Silk, JB, Brosnan, SF, Henrich, J, Lambeth, SP, Schapiro, SJ (2013). Animal Behaviour, 85, 941-947.
Read MoreThe Ontogeny of Human Prosociality: Behavioral Experiments With Children Aged 3 to 8 →
/House, BR, Henrich, J, Brosnan, SF, Silk, JB (2012). Evolution and Human Behavior.
Read MoreCompeting Demands of Prosociality and Equity in Monkeys →
/Brosnan, SF, Houser, D, Xiao, E, Leimgruber, K, Chen, T, de Waal, FBM (2010). Evolution and Human Behavior 31: 279-288.
Read MoreInequity and Prosocial Behavior in Chimpanzees→
/Brosnan, SF (2010). The Mind of the Chimpanzee (ed. Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Steven Ross, & Tetsuro Matsuzawa), University of Chicago Press.
Read MoreChimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Do Not Develop Contingent Reciprocity in an Experimental Task →
/Brosnan, SF, Silk, JB, Henrich, J, Mareno, MC, Lambeth, SP, Schapiro, SJ (2009). Animal Cognition. doi: 10.1007/s10071-009-0218-z.
Read MoreChimpanzees Do Not Take Advantage of Very Low Cost Opportunities to Deliver Food to Unrelated Group Members →
/Vonk, J, Brosnan, SF, Silk, JB, Henrich, J, Schapiro, SJ, Richardson, A, Lambeth, SP, Povinelli, DJ (2008). Animal Behavior 75: 1757-1770.
Read MoreFairness and Other-Regarding Preferences in Non-Human Primates→
/Brosnan, SF (2008). Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy (ed. Paul Zak). Preprint available on SSRN.
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