Topic

Possible papers 2014

Presenter/s

1

Fairness & inequity aversion

Range et al (2009) – inequity aversion in dogs

Christy

2

Do chimps care about others?

(Altruism, empathy, etc.)

Brosnan & de Waal 2003 

Wynne 2004 

Brosnan et al 2005

Jensen et al 2006a                        Warneken et al 2008 (Jen)

Fraser et al 2008                           Boesch et al 2009

Jensen et al 2006b (Becca)          Silk et al 2005

Becca, Jen

3

Foxes, Dogs & Wolves

Hare et al 2002                              Hare et al 2005

Viranyi et al 2008 (Anne-Lise)       Udell et al 2008 (Alisia)

Hare et al 2010                              Udell & Wynne 2010

Range & Viranyi 2013 (Alexis)

Alexis, Alisia, Anne-Lise

4

Elephants

Plotnik et al (2011) – elephants cooperate (Emily)

Smet & Byrne (2013) – elephants use pointing (Stefan)

Emily, Stefan

5

Dolphins

Bruck (2013) – decades-long social memory in dolphins

Robert

6

Chimps – Bonobos – Humans:

Similarities & Differences

Hare et al (2012) – self-domestication in bonobos

Josh

7

Intentionality & planning

Osvath & Karvonen (2013) – Chimp collects stones to use as weapons in the future

Zoe

8

Cephalopod cognition

Fiorito & Scotto (1992) – Observational learning in octopus                  

Huang & Chiao (2013) – Observational learning in cuttlefish?

Dominic

9

Metacognition (thinking about thinking – knowing how you know what you know)

Washburn et al (2010) – monkey knows when he’s uncertain

Hani

10

Emotion

Harding et al (2004) – cognitive bias and affective state

Matheson et al (2008) – optimistic starlings

Frazer