Alex Sanchez-Amaro

Lecturer in Psychology @StirUni

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

Happy to share our latest work with Luke Maurits and Daniel Haun in Scientific Reports. https://t.co/4BhnJ6raXQ We explored whether chimps engaged in competitive altruism in a triadic UG where two proposers could send offers to a responder who could only accept one offer

[sara 🌞 @diangneylo]

🧵 WHAT'S GOING ON IN SPAIN AND HOW YOU CAN HELP even if you live in a different country.

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[Federico Rossano @RossanoFederico]

Delighted to announce that @CCLABUCSD research on button trained dogs will be featured in the @netflix documentary INSIDE THE MIND OF A DOG premiering tomorrow!
Also, our first empirical paper on this project will appear on August 28th! @UC_Newsroom @UCSD
https://t.co/bj3mkvKLLo

[Federico Rossano @RossanoFederico]

Humans modify their environment to grant or prevent others’ access to valuable resources (e.g., using locks). Here we show that chimpanzees can also strategically manipulate their environment to maximize their own and deny a conspecific access to food.
https://t.co/81ZlxzrNxm

[Federico Rossano @RossanoFederico]

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
strategically manipulate their
environment to deny conspecifics
access to food... See below the 2x2 design and here is the free link to the manuscript: https://t.co/81ZlxzrNxm
if you want to see the findings @CARTAUCSD @UCSD

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

Very happy for this one with Dustin Eirdosh and Daniel Haun; I hope it is a nice read for every child you know https://t.co/Pxw1yXXChb

[Laura Simone Lewis, PhD @LauraSimoneLew]

We'r bringing back the ✨BRIDGING THE TECHNOLOGICAL GAP WORKSHOP✨!!!

Join us in Aug @MPI_EVA_Leipzig to learn about cutting-edge tech innovations like eye-tracking & motion-tracking to study human & animal minds.

More info and app here: https://t.co/55KXMYPGsp

[University of Stirling @StirUni]

A study led by #UofStirling's Dr Alejandro Sanchez Amaro has shed new light on the behaviour of the closest living relatives of humans – #chimpanzees. Read the full story 👉 https://t.co/jpLA02cfOk @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @StirlingScience @StirUni_Psych

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

@CaicoyaA Si, la idea de competitive altruism venía desde el principio por los estudios con adultos y niños, pero estoy de acuerdo contigo y de hecho, en el artículo, decimos que se puede interpretar como un "economic bargaining game". Me alegro que te haya gustado!

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

Happy to share our latest work with Luke Maurits and Daniel Haun in Scientific Reports. https://t.co/4BhnJ6raXQ We explored whether chimps engaged in competitive altruism in a triadic UG where two proposers could send offers to a responder who could only accept one offer

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

Chimps might consider how others’ affect their outcomes and engage in strategies to maximize their chances of being selected as cooperative partners.

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

They did so by offering more than what was expected if they acted randomly or offered the smallest possible amount. We suggest that competitive altruism in chimps does not emerge just as a by-product of them trying to increase over previous losses.

[BERG, Stirling Uni @BERG_Stirling]

We had an amazing seminar today led by Michael Huffman about self-medication in animals. Thank you again, Mike!

[Taï Chimpanzee Project @TaiChimpProject]

The Taï chimpanzees have lost their greatest champion. Christophe Boesch, founder of the @TaiChimpProject and Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, has passed away, age 72. His dedication to the science and protection of chimpanzees is an inspiration to all of us. He will be hugely missed.

[Alex Sanchez-Amaro @Alex_Primate]

Usually, I have no announcements...but today is my first day as a Lecturer in Psychology (Animal Cognition @BERG_Stirling) at @StirUni! really happy to be here and very thankful to the @MPI_EVA_Leipzig for all the great moments!

[Nature Reviews Psychology @NatRevPsych]

'The cognitive challenges of cooperation in humans and animals', a new Review by Alicia P. Melis & Nichola J. Raihani

Web: https://t.co/nqk9ppX4dz
PDF: https://t.co/iV2z6JLu72

[Jan Engelmann @JanEngelmann5]

More evidence that chimpanzees reason about different possibilities!

Using a new paradigm, we found that chimpanzees prepare for alternative possible outcomes. Paper out @royalsociety https://t.co/RoiZoVLlHk

Here is Okech protecting two possible targets from a competitor
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[Marlen Fröhlich @MarlenFroehlich]

🚨Please share widely🚨 We're looking to hire an enthusiastic PhD student working on the coordination of joint action in human children of two societies, as part of our @VolkswagenSt-funded project on communicative plasticity in🐵🦧🗣️ Deadline June 30th. https://t.co/hC2ialQApa

[MPI-EVA Leipzig @MPI_EVA_Leipzig]

#Children are more #curious to explore the unknown than great #apes, but after a glimpse of the potential rewards, apes learn to investigate uncertain options. New study by @Alex_Primate & @RossanoFederico in @PLOSONE. More: https://t.co/BdnkcagJiD & https://t.co/jwSE9CQJk4

[Earth.com @EarthDotCom]

how does this curiosity manifest in children compared to our closest animal relatives, the great apes? https://t.co/I17Cx215Z0