Recent Studies
by Members of the Living Links Center
In-Group Conformity Sustains Different Foraging Traditions in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella). PLoS One
Computer animations stimulate contagious yawning in chimpanzees. Proc. of the Royal Society B,
Capuchins intermittent unreliability in human experimenters. Int. Journ. of Primatology
Face Recognition in Capuchin Monkeys. J. Comp. Psych.
Social Facilitation of Exploratory Foraging Behavior in Capuchin Monkeys. AJP.
In tune with others: The social side of primate culture. In: The Question of Animal Culture
Faces and Behinds: Chimpanzee Sex Perception. Advanced Science Letters.
Giving is self-rewarding for monkeys. PNAS. View a clip of the capuchins in this study here.
Inequity responses of monkeys modified by effort. PNAS.
With a little help from a friend. PLoS Biology.
Copying without rewards: Socially influenced foraging decisions among brown capuchin monkeys. Animal
Cognition.
Context modulates signal meaning in primate communication. PNAS.
Learning from others' mistakes? Limits on Understanding a Trap-Tube Task by Young Chimpanzees and Children. J. Comp. Psych.
Ape gestures and language evolution. PNAS.
Transmission of multiple traditions
within and between chimpanzee groups. Current Biology.
Recent Lectures and Interviews
by Frans de Waal
Frans de Waal discusses empathy and his latest book, The Age of Empathy.
American University Radio (September, 2009) - Read the interview or listen with Real Player.
Wild About Pets Radio Show (April, 2009)
New Zealand National Radio with Kim Hill (April, 2009 - 14mb download)
The Colbert Report (January, 2008 - 22mb download)
Disarmament meeting in Geneva, Switzerland (2007)
Scientific American Mind Matters (2007)
100 Year Tinbergen celebration in Leiden, Netherlands (2007, in Dutch)
92nd Street Y New York about Our Inner Ape (2005)
PopTech! held in Camden, Maine (2004)
