Publications

Dindo, M., Whiten, A. and de Waal, F. (2009). In-Group Conformity Sustains Different Foraging Traditions in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella). PLoS One, 4:11 e7858.

Campbell, M. W., Carter, J. D., Proctor, D., Eisenberg, M. L., de Waal, F. B. M. (2009). Computer animations stimulate contagious yawning in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1087

Brosnan, S. F., and de Waal, F. B. M. (2009). Cebus apella tolerate intermittent unreliability in human experimenters. International Journal of Primatoology. DOI 10.1007/s10764-009-9366-x

de Waal, F. B. M. (2009). Darwin's last laugh. Nature 460: 175.

Pokorny, J.J. and de Waal, F.B.M. (2009). Face recognition in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Comparative Psychology 123: 151-160.

Dindo, M., Whiten, A. and de Waal, F.B.M. (2009).Social Facilitation of Exploratory Foraging Behavior in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella). Am. Journ. Prim. 71: 419-426.

de Waal, F. B. M., & Bonnie, K. E. (2009). In tune with others: The social side of primate culture. In: The Question of Animal Culture, K. Laland & G. Galef (Eds.), pp. 19-39. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

de Waal, F. and Pokorny, L. (2008). Faces and Behinds: Chimpanzee Sex Perception. Adv. Sci. Lett. 1: 99-103.

de Waal, F., Leimgruber, K. and Greenberg, A. (2008). Giving is self-rewarding for monkeys. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105: 13685-13689.

de Waal. (2008). Putting the altruism back in altruism: The evolution of empathy. Ann. Rev. Psychol. 59:279–300

van Wolkenten, M., Brosnana, S. F. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2007). Inequity responses of monkeys modified by effort. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104: 18855-18859.

de Waal, F.B.M. (2007). With a little help from a friend. PLoS Biol 5(7): e190.
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050190

Bonnie, K. E., Horner, V., Whiten, A. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2007). Spread of arbitrary conventions among chimpanzees: a controlled experiment. Proc. Royal Soc. B, 274: 367-372.

Bonnie, K. E. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2007). Copying without rewards: Socially influenced foraging decisions among brown capuchin monkeys. Animal Cognition. 10, 283-292.

Flack, J. A. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2007). Context modulates signal meaning in primate communication. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104: 1581-1586.

Horner, V. & Whiten, A. (2007). Learning from others' mistakes? Limits on Understanding a Trap-Tube Task by Young Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Children (Homo sapiens). J. Comp. Psych. 121: 12-21.

Pollick, A.S. & de Waal, F.B.M.. (2007). Ape gestures and language evolution. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104: 8184-9189.

Whiten, A., Spiteri, A., Horner, V., Bonnie, K. E., Lambeth, S. P., Schapiro, S. J. and de Waal, F. B. M. (2007). Transmission of multiple traditions within and between chimpanzee groups. Current Biology 17: 1038-1043. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.031

Bonnie, K. E. & de Waal, F.B.M. (2006). Affiliation promotes the transmission of a social custom: Handclasp grooming among captive chimpanzees. Primates 47: 27-34.

Brosnan, S. F. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). Partial support from a non-replication: A reply to Roma et al.. J. Comp. Psychol. 120: 74-75.

Brosnan, S. F. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). A cross-species perspective on the selfishness axiom: Open peer commentary on Henrich et al.. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28: 818.

Brosnan, S. F., Freeman, C. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). Partner's behavior, not reward distribution, determines success in an unequal cooperative task in capuchin monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 68: 713-724.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). Joint ventures require joint pay-offs: Fairness among primates. Social Research 73: 349-364.

Dindo, M., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). Partner effects on food consumption in brown capuchin monkeys. Am. J. Primatol. 69: 1-9.

Flack, J. C., Girvan, M., de Waal, F. B. M. & Krakauer, D. C. (2006). Policing stabilizes construction of social niches in primates. Nature 439: 426-429.

Horner, V., Whiten, A., Flynn, E. & de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). Faithful copying of foraging techniques along cultural transmission chains by chimpanzees and children. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103: 13878-13883.

Plotnik, J.M., de Waal, F.B.M., & Reiss, D. (2006). Self recognition in an Asian elephant. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.

van Wolkenten, M. L., Davis, J. M., Gong, M. L.& de Waal, F. B. M. (2006). Coping with acute crowding by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Int. J. Primatology 27: 1241-1256

Brosnan, S. F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). Responses to a simple barter task in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes. Primates 46: 173-182.

Brosnan, S. F., Schiff, H., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). Tolerance for inequity increases with social closeness in chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272: 253-258.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). How animals do business. Scientific American 292 (4): 72-79.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). A century of getting to know the chimpanzee. Nature 437: 56-59.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2005, Oct 8). The empathic ape. New Scientist: 52-54.

de Waal, F. B. M., Dindo, M., Freeman, C. A., & Hall, M. (2005). The monkey in the mirror: Hardly a stranger. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 11140-11147.

Flack, J. C., de Waal, F. B. M, & Krakauer, D. C. (2005). Social structure, robustness, and policing cost in a cognitively sophisticated species. American Naturalist 165: E126-E139.

Flack, J. C., Krakauer, D. C., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). Robustness mechanisms in primate societies: A perturbation study. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 272: 1091-1099.

Horner, V., Bonnie, K. E., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). Identifying the motivations of chimpanzees: Culture and collaboration. Behavioral & Brain Sciences 28: 704-705.

Horner, V. & Whiten, A. (2005). Causal knowledge and imitation/emulation switching in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens). Animal Cognition, 8, 164-181.

Parr, L. A., Cohen, M., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). The influence of social context on the use of blended and graded facial displays in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). International Journal of Primatology 26: 73-104.

Pollick, A. S., Gouzoules, H., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). Audience effects on food calls in captive brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Animal Behaviour 70: 1273-1281.

Whiten, A., Horner, V., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees. Nature 437: 737-740.

Brosnan S. F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2004). A concept of value during experimental exchange in brown capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella. Folia primatologica 75: 317-330.

Brosnan, S. F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2004). Socially learned preferences for differentially rewarded tokens in the brown capuchin monkey (Cebus apella). Journal of Comparative Psychology 118: 133-139.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2004). Evolutionary ethics, aggression, and violence: Lessons from primate research. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 32: 18-23.

Flack, J. C., Jeannotte, L. A., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2004). Play signaling and the perception of social rules by juvenile chimpanzees. Journal of Comparative Psychology 118: 149-159.

Vokey, J. R., Rendall, D., Tangen, J. M., Parr, L. A., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2004). Visual kin recognition and family resemblance in chimpanzees. Journal of Comparative Psychology 118: 194-199.

Weaver, A. C., Richardson, R., Worlein, J., de Waal, F. B. M., & Laudenslager, M. (2004). Response to social challenge in young bonnet (Macaca radiata) and pigtail (M. nemestrina) macaques is related to early maternal experiences. American J. Primatol. 62: 243-259.

Brosnan, S. F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2003). Monkeys reject unequal pay. Nature 425: 297-299.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2003). Social roles, alternative strategies, personalities, and other sources of individual variation in monkeys and apes. J. Research Personality. 36: 541-542.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2003). Darwin's legacy and the study of primate visual communication. In: Emotions Inside Out: 130 Years after Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, P. Ekman, J. J. Campos, R. J. Davidson, & F. B. M. de Waal (Eds.), pp. 7-31. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1000.

de Waal, F. B. M., & Davis, J. M. (2003). Capuchin cognitive ecology: cooperation based on projected returns. Neuropsychologia 41: 221-228.

Plotnik, J., Nelson, P. A., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2003). Visual field information in the face perception of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1000: 94-98.

Weaver, A., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2003). The mother-offpsring relationship as a template in social development: reconciliation in brown capuchins (Cebus apella). J. Comp. Psychol. 117: 101-110.

Brosnan, S. F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2002). A proximate perspective on reciprocal altruism. Human Nature 13: 129-152.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2002). Evolutionary psychology: the wheat and the chaff. Current Directions in Psychological Science 11: 187-191.

Call, J., Aureli, F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2002). Postconflict third-party affiliation in stumptailed macaques. Animal Behavior 63: 209-216.

Preston, S. D., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2002). Empathy: it's ultimate and proximate bases. Behav. Brain Sci. 25: 1-71.

Preuschoft, S., Wang, W., Aureli, F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2002). Reconciliation in captive chimpanzees: a reevaluation with controlled methods. International Journal of Primatology 23: 29-50.

Weaver, A., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2002). An index of relationship quality based on attachment theory. J. Comp. Psychol. 116: 93-106.

Cooper, M. A., Bernstein, I. S., Fragaszy, D. M., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2001). Integration of new males into four social groups of tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). International Journal of Primatology 22: 663-683.

Seres, M., Aureli, F., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2001). Successful formation of a large chimpanzee group out of two preexisting subgroups. Zoo Biology 20: 501-515.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2000). Attitudinal reciprocity in food sharing among brown capuchin monkeys. Animal Behaviour 60: 253-261.

de Waal, F. B. M. (2000). Primates - a natural heritage of conflict resolution. Science 289: 586-590.

de Waal, F. B. M., Aureli, F., & Judge, P. G. (2000). Coping with crowding. Scientific American 282: 76-81.

de Waal, F. B. M., & Berger, M. L. (2000). Payment for labour in monkeys. Nature 404: 563-563.

Flack, J. C., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2000). Any animal whatever: Darwinian building blocks of morality in monkeys and apes. Journal of Consciousness Studies 7: 1-29.

Mendres, K.A., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2000). Capuchins do cooperate: the advantage of an intuitive task. Animal Behaviour 60: 523-529.

Parr, L. A., Winslow, J. T., Hopkins, W. D., & de Waal, F. B. M. (2000) Recognizing facial cues: individual discrimination by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). J. Comp. Psychol. 114: 47-60.

Parr, L. A. & de Waal, F. B. M. (1999). Visual kin recognition in chimpanzees. Nature. 399: 647-648.