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Capuchin monkeys judge third-party reciprocityJames R Anderson
Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK Electronic address
Cognition 127:140-6. 2013..These results indicate that the cognitive or emotional prerequisites for judging reciprocity in third-party social exchanges exist in at least one other primate species...- Colour versus quantity as cues in reverse-reward-competent squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 62:673-80. 2009..Individual differences and the possible roles of overshadowing and blocking are discussed... - Capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) respond to video images of themselvesJames R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
Anim Cogn 12:55-62. 2009..In species such as humans and great apes, this type of self-awareness feeds into a system that gives rise to explicit self-recognition... 
Gaze alternation during "pointing" by squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)?James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
Anim Cogn 10:267-71. 2007..This type of GA suggests that the monkeys were communicating with the partner. However, the monkeys' behavior was not influenced by changes in the partner's focus of attention...- Non-human primates: a comparative developmental perspective on yawningJames R Anderson
University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Front Neurol Neurosci 28:63-76. 2010..This would explain the lack of contagious yawning reported in young children and chimpanzees in natural surroundings, as these populations do not have the same social constraints on yawning... - Delay of gratification in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
J Comp Psychol 124:205-10. 2010..Short (1 s) interitem delays were generally easier to maintain than longer delays (3 or 5 s). In both species the delaying individuals bridged the delays idiosyncratically... - Attention to combined attention in new world monkeys (Cebus apella, Saimiri sciureus)James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
J Comp Psychol 119:461-4. 2005..These results suggest variable attention-processing abilities in New World monkeys, including differences in summation of attention by others... - Flexibility in the use of requesting gestures in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland
Am J Primatol 72:707-14. 2010..This is the first demonstration of such flexible use of an intentionally communicative requesting gesture in New World monkeys... 
Contagious yawning in chimpanzeesJames R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
Proc Biol Sci 271:S468-70. 2004..Contagious yawning is thought to be based on the capacity for empathy. Contagious yawning in chimpanzees provides further evidence that these apes may possess advanced self-awareness and empathic abilities...- Are monkeys aesthetists? Rensch (1957) revisitedJames R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 31:71-8. 2005..Squirrel monkeys responded less discriminatingly to the touch screen stimuli. The findings provide support for B. Rensch's (1957) claim that monkeys prefer visual stimuli that humans find aesthetically pleasing... - A primatological perspective on deathJames R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland
Am J Primatol 73:410-4. 2011..Some aspects of death awareness recognized by developmental psychologists might help guide research efforts in this area... - Can squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) learn self-control? A study using food array selection tests and reverse-reward contingencyJ R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland
J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 26:87-97. 2000.... - Training squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) to deceive: acquisition and analysis of behavior toward cooperative and competitive trainersJ R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland
J Comp Psychol 115:282-93. 2001..Although not indicative of mental attribution, the monkeys' behavior suggests awareness of the acquired communicative function of the reaching response... - Do rhesus monkeys recognize themselves in mirrors?James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Am J Primatol 73:603-6. 2011..We critically examine this claim, and conclude that the article fails to provide acceptable evidence for self-recognition in rhesus monkeys... - Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) choose smaller food arrays: long-term retention, choice with nonpreferred food, and transpositionJames R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
J Comp Psychol 118:58-64. 2004..Individual differences in mastering the original task more than 8 months previously were quite stable, suggesting robustness in the operations required for this form of self-control... - Quality before quantity: rapid learning of reverse-reward contingency by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
J Comp Psychol 122:445-8. 2008.... - Do squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) predict that looking leads to touching?James R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Stirling, Scotland
Anim Cogn 7:185-92. 2004..Additional evidence is required before concluding that behavior prediction based on gaze cues typifies primates; other approaches for studying how they process attention cues are indicated... - Redundant food searches by capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella): a failure of metacognition?Annika Paukner
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK
Anim Cogn 9:110-7. 2006..This difference is consistent with species-related variations in metacognitive abilities, although other explanations are also possible... - The rapid development of explicit gaze judgment ability at 3 yearsMartin J Doherty
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
J Exp Child Psychol 104:296-312. 2009..Therefore, the ability does not develop out of earlier gaze following. General implications for the evolution and development of gaze processing are discussed... - Pictorial gaze cues do not enhance long-tailed macaques' performance on a computerised object-location taskSarah Jane Vick
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland, United Kingdom
Behav Processes 73:308-14. 2006.... - Do facial gestures, visibility or speed of movement influence gaze following responses in pigtail macaques?Annika Paukner
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK
Primates 48:241-4. 2007..All monkeys reliably followed the gaze in all conditions with no differences between conditions. A greater frequency of GFR was found in females compared to males, and two hypotheses for this finding are discussed... - Brown (Eulemur fulvus) and ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) use human head orientation as a cue to gaze direction in a food choice taskJennifer L Botting
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Folia Primatol (Basel) 82:165-76. 2011..This study provides the first tentative evidence that lemurs are capable of discriminating human gaze direction and can use both body and head direction to do so... - Animal behavior: tolerant primates cooperate bestJames R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Curr Biol 17:R242-4. 2007..Chimpanzees and bonobos show different cooperative tendencies when the prize is easily monopolizable food: bonobos cooperate more than their less socially tolerant relatives... - Reactions of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) to multiple mirrorsAnnika Paukner
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
Behav Processes 66:1-6. 2004..The results confirm and expand on previous reports of failure to find evidence of mirror self-recognition in monkeys... - How do African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) perform on a delay of gratification task?Sarah Jane Vick
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK
Anim Cogn 13:351-8. 2010.... - Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) recognize when they are being imitatedAnnika Paukner
Psychology Department, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Biol Lett 1:219-22. 2005..The monkeys might implicitly recognize when they are being imitated without deeper insight into the mental processes of others... 
Chimpanzees share forbidden fruitKimberley J Hockings
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
PLoS ONE 2:e886. 2007....- Video-induced yawning in stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides)Annika Paukner
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK
Biol Lett 2:36-8. 2006..Understanding to what extent the observed effect resembles contagious yawning as found in humans and chimpanzees requires more detailed experimentation... - Neither infants nor toddlers catch yawns from their mothersAilsa Millen
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
Biol Lett 7:440-2. 2011..The results suggest that, even when witnessing yawns by someone with whom they have a strong and positive emotional relationship, very young children do not show contagious yawning... - Animal behaviour: pigtailed policeJames R Anderson
Department of Pyschology, University of Stirling, UK
Curr Biol 15:R427-9. 2005..Questions arise about the ontogenetic and phylogenetic emergence of policing individuals... - Gone fishing: tool use in animalsJames R Anderson
University of Stirling, Scotland
Biologist (London) 49:15-8. 2002..But there are many intriguing examples of tool use described across the animal kingdom. Ants use grain to carry honey, and elephants can grip fly switches in their prehensile trunks. Even animals without limbs may use tools... - Discrimination learning and multiple reversals in young adult and older monkeys (Macaca arctoides)J R Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland
Q J Exp Psychol B 49:193-200. 1996.... - Use of human visual attention cues by olive baboons (Papio anubis) in a competitive taskSarah Jane Vick
Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique Station de Primatologie, Rousset sur Arc, France
J Comp Psychol 117:209-16. 2003..Performance was disrupted by the introduction of a screen and objects to conceal food items and by the absence of movement in cues presented... - Cued repetition of self-directed behaviors in macaques (Macaca nemestrina)Annika Paukner
Psychology DepartmentUniversity of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process 33:139-47. 2007..Implications for episodic memory abilities are discussed... - Road crossing in chimpanzees: a risky businessKimberley J Hockings
Curr Biol 16:R668-70. 2006 - On self-scratching in captive mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)Patricia Peignot
, Franceville, Gabon
Folia Primatol (Basel) 75:160-4. 2004 - Influence of social and environmental factors on nesting behaviour in captive gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)Iris Weiche
Animal Physiological Ecology, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Folia Primatol (Basel) 78:154-65. 2007..5-3 m was typical. Group dynamics were reflected in nesting arrangements. We suggest that possibilities for co-nesting and choice of sleeping sites should be provided to improve the welfare of captive gorillas and other great apes...