A5064301687- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Forest ecology and management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Marine animal studies overview
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
University of Michigan–Dearborn
2009-2025
University of California, Davis
2024
Association of American Universities
2024
George Washington University
2024
Michigan United
2021
University of Winchester
2004-2009
Centre College
1996
University of Stirling
1995
Rapid technical advances in the field of computer animation (CA) and virtual reality (VR) have opened new avenues animal behavior research. Animated stimuli are powerful tools as they offer standardization, repeatability, complete control over stimulus presented, thereby "reducing" "replacing" animals used, "refining" experimental design line with 3Rs. However, appropriate use these technologies raises conceptual questions. In this review, we guidelines for common considerations related to...
Few Malagasy children and adults are aware of the rare unique fauna flora indigenous to their island-continent, including flagship lemur species. Even ancestral proverbs never mentioned lemurs, but these same talked about now extinct hippopotamus. Madagascar's geography, history, economic constraints contribute severe biodiversity loss. Deforestation on Madagascar is reported be over 100,000 ha/year, with only 10-15% island retaining natural forest [Green & Sussman, 1990]. Educating...
Abstract Technology can be used in a zoological setting to improve visitor experience, increase research opportunities, and enhance animal welfare. Evaluating the quality of these technological innovations their use by nonhuman human counterparts is critical part extending uses technology welfare experience at parks. Survey data from small sample institutions housing primates suggest that computers, television, radio, sprinklers are most prevalent types enrichment currently used. respondents...
Abstract The global trade in nonhuman primates represents a substantial threat to ecosystem health, human and primate conservation worldwide. Most of the involves for pet-keeping, consumption, or biomedical experimentation. We present an overview international through five case studies; each describes different facet this trade. draw on published scientific literature, media outlets, open access datasets, including CITES Trade Database build these studies. Case study 1 role introduced island...
Primate spatial navigation is difficult to study in the wild due limited knowledge of explanatory variables, and captivity physical space. Presenting tasks computer-generated virtual environments (VE) can overcome these constraints, providing precise location timing data completely configurable any size. Here, we used VE closely examine turning, a fundamental navigational behavior, better understand whether chimpanzees make shortest turn (<180°) targets outside their field view (FOV). We...
Apes require high volumes of energy-rich foods that tend to be patchily distributed, creating evolutionary pressures for flexible and complex cognition. Several species hunt mobile prey, placing demands on working memory selecting sociocognitive abilities such as predicting prey behavior. The mechanisms by which apes overcome foraging hunting challenges are difficult elucidate. Field investigations provide rich data sets but lack experimental control, limiting the gamut questions they can...
The purpose of the present study was to determine efficacy investigating spatial cognitive abilities across two primate species using virtual reality. In this study, we presented four captive adult chimpanzees and 16 humans (12 children 4 adults) with simulated environments increasing complexity size compare species' attention visuo‐spatial features during navigation. specific task required participants attend landmarks in navigating along routes order localize goal site. Both were found...
Seventeen captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus oedipus) were individually tested on their use of spatial relationships between landmarks to locate multiple hidden food items. In two experiments, the presented with a spatial-foraging task in which positions rewards fixed relation an array visual cues. Experiment 1, cues+hidden configuration was rotated 90 degrees and successful locating items significantly above chance levels (P<0.01). 2 translated (up, down or sideways) from...
Virtual simulated environments provide multiple ways of testing cognitive function and evaluating problem solving with humans (e.g., Woollett et al. 2009). The use such interactive technology has increasingly become an essential part modern life autonomously driving vehicles, global positioning systems (GPS), touchscreen computers; Chinn Fairlie 2007; Brown 2011). While many nonhuman animals have their own forms "technology", as chimpanzees who create tools, in captive animal the opportunity...
Wild primates face significant challenges associated with locating resources that involve learning through exploration, encoding, and recalling travel routes, orienting to single landmarks or landmark arrays, monitoring food availability, applying spatial strategies reduce effort increase efficiency. These foraging decisions are likely tradeoffs between traveling nearby distant feeding sites based on expectations of resource productivity, predation risk, the availability other sites,...
Almost all animals navigate their environment to find food, shelter, and mates. Spatial cognition of nonhuman primates in large-scale environments is notoriously difficult study. Field research ecologically valid, but controlling confounding variables can be difficult. Captive enables experimental control, space restrictions limit generalizability. Virtual reality technology combines the best both worlds by creating large-scale, controllable environments. We presented six chimpanzees with a...
Forest conservation and restoration are urgently needed to preserve key resources for the endemic fauna of dry southern Madagascar. This is a priority in shrinking, seasonally forest Berenty, private reserve Southern However, provide basis restoration, study tree growth regeneration this unique biome essential. A three-year planting program native species was initiated 2016. Three trial plots were established gaps, with varying microclimates soil conditions: one on riverside, mid-forest...
Genetic essentialism is a set of beliefs holding that certain categories have heritable, intrinsic, and biological basis. The current studies explore people's genetic essentialist about criminality, how such relates to appropriate punishment, the kinds judgments motivations underlie these associations. Study 1 validated novel task, in which respondents estimated possible it would be for child inherit criminal behavior from sperm donor with whom they had no contact. Studies 2-4 used this task...
Abstract Nonhuman primates and their habitats are facing an impending extinction crisis. Approximately 69% of primate species listed by the International Union for Conservation Nature as threatened 93% have declining populations. Human population growth (expected to reach 10.9 billion year 2100), unsustainable demands a small number consumer nations forest‐risk commodities, deforestation habitat conversion, expansion roads rail networks, cattle ranching, hunting trapping wild populations,...
In this study, we investigated how spatial, temporal, and effort dimensions collectively influence reward discounting across different age groups. Using a 3D simulated environment, participants aged 7 to 77 chose between nearby tree with fewer apples distant more apples, requiring time reach. Our findings revealed that initially preferred the but as difference in rewards decreased, they became increasingly likely choose closer, less effortful option. This shift suggests gradual re-evaluation...
Virtual environment software is increasingly being employed as a non-invasive method in primate cognition research. Familiar and novel stimuli can be presented new ways, opening the door to studying aspects of captivity which previously may not have been feasible. Despite increased complexity visual input compared more traditional computerised studies, several groups captive primates now trained navigate virtual three-dimensional environments. Here, we outline for training use foraging task...