All Outputs (3)

Divergent personality structures of brown (Sapajus apella) and white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) (2016)
Journal Article
Robinson, L. M., Morton, F. B., Gartner, M. C., Widness, J., Paukner, A., Essler, J. L., Brosnan, S. F., & Weiss, A. (2016). Divergent personality structures of brown (Sapajus apella) and white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 130(4), 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000037

One way to gain insights into personality evolution is by comparing the personality structures of related species. We compared the personality structure of 240 wild white-faced capuchin monkeys to the personality structure of 100 captive brown capuch... Read More about Divergent personality structures of brown (Sapajus apella) and white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus).

Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella) (2016)
Journal Article
Robinson, L. M., Waran, N. K., Leach, M. C., Morton, F. B., Paukner, A., Lonsdorf, E., Handel, I., Wilson, V. A., Brosnan, S. F., & Weiss, A. (2016). Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 181, 145-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.05.029

Questionnaires that allow people who are familiar with individual animals to rate the welfare of these animals are an underutilised tool. We designed a 12-item welfare questionnaire and tested its reliability and associations with subjective well-bei... Read More about Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella).

Using photographs to study animal social cognition and behaviour: Do capuchins' responses to photos reflect reality? (2016)
Journal Article
Morton, F. B., Brosnan, S. F., Prétôt, L., Buchanan-Smith, H. M., O'Sullivan, E., Stocker, M., D'Mello, D., & Wilson, V. A. (2016). Using photographs to study animal social cognition and behaviour: Do capuchins' responses to photos reflect reality?. Behavioural Processes, 124, 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2015.10.005

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Behavioural responses to photos are often used to infer what animals understand about their social environment, but are rarely validated against the same stimuli in real life. If subjects' responses to photos do not reflect respo... Read More about Using photographs to study animal social cognition and behaviour: Do capuchins' responses to photos reflect reality?.