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Selected Presentations (2009-2012)

Erin Colbert-White

Colbert-White, E. N. (2012, January). Pre-Language Verbal Strategies in a Nonhuman Speaker. Paper presented at the Winter Conference on Animal Learning & Behavior, Winter Park, Colorado.

Colbert-White, E. N. (2011, March). Persistence and Bargaining after Denied Requests in a Speech-Using African Grey Parrot. Paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida.

Sharpe, D. I., & Colbert-White, E. N. (2011, March). String-Pulling Behavior in a Captive Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus). Poster presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida.

Colbert-White, E. N. , & Simpson, E. A. (2010, October). A Guidebook for tracking learning outcomes over the course of mentored research experience. Poster presented at the APA Division 2, Society for the Teaching of Psychology Best Practices: Assessing Teaching and Learning in Psychology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Colbert-White, E. N. (2010, April). A cross-species linguistic analysis of self-speech. Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, Oxford, Mississippi.

Colbert-White, E. N. (2010, March). A linguistic Analysis of Self-Speech: Cross-Species Functional Similarities and Cognitive Differences. Poster presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida.

Colbert-White, E.N., Fragaszy, D., Craige, B.J. (2009). An African Grey Parrot's Use of Language to Regulate Social Relationships. Poster presented at the Psi Chi Convention of Behavioral Sciences, Athens, Georgia.

Colbert-White, E.N., Fragaszy, D., Craige, B.J. (2009). An African Grey Parrot's Use of Language to Regulate Social Relationships. Poster presented at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, Florida.

Allison Eury

Eury, A. H., Presotto, A., Bernardes, S., & Izar, P. (2010). A comparison of capuchin monkey (Cebus libidinosus) route choice to a geospatial analysis of their least cost path. Joint International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission IV and AutoCarto 2010 Symposium. Orlando, Florida.

Eury, A. (2009). The Traveling Salesman Problem: How do capuchin monkeys choose efficient routes? Talk presented at the University of Georiga "First Year Talks" symposium, Athens, Georgia.

Freya Qing Liu

Q. Liu, D. Fragaszy & E. Visalberghi (September 2010). Variability in nut-cracking by wild capuchin monkeys as a function of nut size, stone weight and individual body weight. Invited Symposium Speaker in International Primatological Society XXIII Congress, Kyoto, Japan

Q. Liu, D. Fragaszy & E. Visalberghi (September 2009). Longitudinal case study of nut-cracking in a juvenile bearded capuchin monkey: Stand for success. Paper presented in the 32nd Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Diego, CA

Q. Liu & D. Fragaszy (March 2009). Wild capuchin monkeys explore novel anvils to select sites for cracking nuts. Paper presented in the 16th International Conference on Comparative Cognition; Melbourne, FL

Q. Liu, B. Bril & D. Fragaszy (August 2008). Capuchin monkeys and chimpanzees crack nuts skillfully: biomechanical analyses. Invited Symposium Speaker in International Primatological Society XXII Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland

D. Fragaszy, Q. Liu & K. Simpson (July 2007). Bipedalism in bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus). Invited oral presentation in XII Primatological Brazilian Conference, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Tephi Jeyaraj

Jeyaraj, T. (2011, March). Can capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) be influenced by a conspecific to change their preference on a binary choice task? Poster presented at Comparative Cognition Society meeting.

Jing Pan

Pan, J., Xiao, W, & Zhao, Q. K. (2010). Hand preference by Black-and-White Snub-nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in captivity: Influence of tasks and sexes. Invited oral presentation, Symposium IPS10-0073_SW1 “Evolution of lateralization in primates”, International Primatological Society XXIII Congress, Kyoto, Japan.

Pan, J., Fragaszy, D., & Pickering, T. (2009). Performance difference on maze navigation between capuchins (Cebus apella) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is not stubborn. Invited oral presentation , Symposium “Primatology and Behavior”, XV International Congress of Physical Anthropology, Merida, Mexico.

Pan, J., Fragaszy, D., Kennedy, E. H. & Pickering, T. (2009). Development of spatial planning by capuchins (Cebus apella) to complete two–dimensional mazes: Evaluating the effects of practice. Poster, Thirty-second Meeting of American Society of Primatologists, CA, US. Published abstract, American Journal of Primatology: 71 (Suppl 1).

Elizabeth Simpson

Simpson, E., Varga, K., Frick, J., & Fragaszy, D. (2011, April). Developmental changes in animal face discrimination. Poster accepted for presentation at Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Varga, K., Frick, J., & Simpson, E. (2010, March). Toddlers’ understanding of socially-shared directional cues. Poster presented at International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, Maryland.

Simpson, E., Varga, K., Frick, J., Fragaszy, D. (2009, October). Infant and adult face discrimination beyond primates: Perceptual narrowing of facial identity. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Brian Stone

Stone, B. W. (2010). Space, tools, and body schema. Talk presented at HOPE Seminar on Tools in Primates, Myoko-Sasagamine, Japan.

Stone, B. W., Jeyaraj, T., & Fragaszy, D. (2010). How do capuchins stack up against chimpanzees and humans? Assessing combinatory manipulation in a block stacking task. Talk presented at the 33 rd International Primatological Society Congress, Kyoto, Japan.

Stone, B. W., Jeyaraj, T., & Fragaszy, D. (2010). How do capuchins stack up against chimpanzees and humans? Assessing combinatory manipulation in a block stacking task. Talk presented at the 17 th International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL, USA.

Stone, B. W. (2009). Combinatory manipulation in capuchin monkeys: Stacking and rotation of irregularly-shaped blocks. Poster presented at the 32 nd Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, GA, USA.

Tori Vratanina

Broder, J.M., Troxell, S.M., Vratanina, T.L., & Sanderson, M. (2010, April). Past, present and future: the challenge of training a group of mandrills. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Animal Behavior Management Alliance Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Vratanina, T.L. & Sharpe, D.I. (2010, March). Symbolic quantity discrimination and summation in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences, Athens, GA.

Vratanina, T.L. & Sharpe, D.I. (2009, September). Symbolic quantity discrimination and summation in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Poster presented at 32nd Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Diego, CA.

Desi Sharpe

Sharpe, D. I., Colbert-White, E. N., & McCord, E. M. (March 2011). String-pulling behavior in a captive harris hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus). Poster presented at the 18th Annual Conference of Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Sharpe, D.I., & Colbert-White, E.N. (March 2010). Evidence for behavioral and sensory compensation in two sister-clade species of spiders. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual convention of the Behavioral Science, Athens, GA.

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