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Emily J. E. Messer
Researcher at Heriot-Watt University
Publications - 11
Citations - 805
Emily J. E. Messer is an academic researcher from Heriot-Watt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prosocial behavior & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications receiving 657 citations. Previous affiliations of Emily J. E. Messer include University of St Andrews & University of Texas at Austin.
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The evolution of self-control
Evan L. MacLean,Brian Hare,Charles L. Nunn,Elsa Addessi,Federica Amici,Rindy C. Anderson,Filippo Aureli,Filippo Aureli,Joseph M. Baker,Amanda E. Bania,Allison M. Barnard,Neeltje J. Boogert,Elizabeth M. Brannon,Emily E. Bray,Joel Bray,Lauren J. N. Brent,Judith M. Burkart,Josep Call,Jessica F. Cantlon,Lucy G. Cheke,Nicola S. Clayton,Mikel M. Delgado,Louis DiVincenti,Kazuo Fujita,Esther Herrmann,Chihiro Hiramatsu,Lucia F. Jacobs,Kerry E. Jordan,Jennifer R. Laude,Kristin L. Leimgruber,Emily J. E. Messer,Antonio Christian de A. Moura,Ljerka Ostojić,Alejandra Morales Picard,Michael L. Platt,Joshua M. Plotnik,Friederike Range,Simon M. Reader,Rachna B. Reddy,Aaron A. Sandel,Laurie R. Santos,Katrin Schumann,Amanda M. Seed,Kendra B. Sewall,Rachael C. Shaw,Katie E. Slocombe,Yanjie Su,Ayaka Takimoto,Jingzhi Tan,Ruoting Tao,Carel P. van Schaik,Zsófia Virányi,Elisabetta Visalberghi,Jordan C. Wade,Arii Watanabe,Jane Widness,Julie K. Young,Thomas R. Zentall,Yini Zhao +58 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that increases in absolute brain size provided the biological foundation for evolutionary increases in self-control, and implicate species differences in feeding ecology as a potential selective pressure favoring these skills.
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Diffusion Dynamics of Socially Learned Foraging Techniques in Squirrel Monkeys
TL;DR: It is shown that the two techniques for opening an artificial fruit were seeded in the dominant male of a group of squirrel monkeys and that they spread preferentially in the groups in which they were initially seeded and that this process was influenced by monkeys' association patterns.
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Selective and contagious prosocial resource donation in capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees and humans
Nicolas Claidière,Andrew Whiten,Mary Catherine Mareno,Emily J. E. Messer,Sarah F. Brosnan,Lydia M. Hopper,Susan P. Lambeth,Steven J. Schapiro,Nichola McGuigan +8 more
TL;DR: It is provided the first evidence that experience of conspecific companions' prosocial behavior facilitates Prosocial behavior in children and chimpanzees, and prosocial actions were manifested in all three species following rules of contingency that may reflect strategically adaptive responses.
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Intuitive probabilistic inference in capuchin monkeys
TL;DR: The first investigation of probabilistic inference in a monkey species (capuchins; Sapajus spp.) revealed that at least some capuchins were able to make Probabilistic inferences via reasoning about proportions as opposed to simpler quantity heuristics.
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Mutual medication in capuchin monkeys - Social anointing improves coverage of topically applied anti-parasite medicines
Mark Bowler,Emily J. E. Messer,Emily J. E. Messer,Nicolas Claidière,Nicolas Claidière,Andrew Whiten +5 more
TL;DR: Social anointing in capuchins is a form of mutual medication that improves coverage of topically applied anti-parasite medicines and supports a medicinal function for both individual and social anointeding, that requires no additional social bonding hypotheses.