Browsing by Author "Herrmann, Esther"
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A comparison of temperament in nonhuman apes and human infants.
(Dev Sci, 2011-11)The adaptive behavior of primates, including humans, is often mediated by temperament. Human behavior likely differs from that of other primates in part due to temperament. In the current study we compared the reaction of ... -
Concern for Group Reputation Increases Prosociality in Young Children.
(Psychol Sci, 2018-02)The motivation to build and maintain a positive personal reputation promotes prosocial behavior. But individuals also identify with their groups, and so it is possible that the desire to maintain or enhance group reputation ... -
Differences in the cognitive skills of bonobos and chimpanzees.
(PLoS One, 2010-08-27)While bonobos and chimpanzees are both genetically and behaviorally very similar, they also differ in significant ways. Bonobos are more cautious and socially tolerant while chimpanzees are more dependent on extractive foraging, ... -
Differences in the early cognitive development of children and great apes.
(Dev Psychobiol, 2014-04)There is very little research comparing great ape and human cognition developmentally. In the current studies we compared a cross-sectional sample of 2- to 4-year-old human children (n=48) with a large sample of chimpanzees ... -
Direct and indirect reputation formation in nonhuman great apes (Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) and human children (Homo sapiens).
(J Comp Psychol, 2013-02)Humans make decisions about when and with whom to cooperate based on their reputations. People either learn about others by direct interaction or by observing third-party interactions or gossip. An important question is ... -
How does cognition evolve? Phylogenetic comparative psychology.
(Anim Cogn, 2012-03)Now more than ever animal studies have the potential to test hypotheses regarding how cognition evolves. Comparative psychologists have developed new techniques to probe the cognitive mechanisms underlying animal behavior, ... -
Preschoolers value those who sanction non-cooperators
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Social disappointment explains chimpanzees' behaviour in the inequity aversion task.
(Proc Biol Sci, 2017-08-30)Chimpanzees' refusal of less-preferred food when an experimenter has previously provided preferred food to a conspecific has been taken as evidence for a sense of fairness. Here, we present a novel hypothesis-the social ... -
The impact of choice on young children’s prosocial motivation
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Uniquely human self-control begins at school age
(Developmental Science, 2015-11)
