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Jennifer Vonk
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Author 270
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 70
Editor 9,605

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Animal Behavior
Developmental Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Zoology
Statistics
Anthropology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Ecology
Neuroscience
Agricultural Science
Entomology
Conservation Biology
Marine Biology
Paleontology
Biosphere Interactions
Natural Resource Management
Veterinary Medicine
Ethical Issues
Biodiversity
Public Health
Andrology
Women's Health
Biochemistry
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Freshwater Biology
Anatomy and Physiology
Biophysics
Drugs and Devices
Emergency and Critical Care
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Internal Medicine
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Human-Computer Interaction
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Genetics
Biological Oceanography
Molecular Biology
Mental Health
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
COVID-19
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Jennifer M Vonk

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Jennifer Vonk is a comparative/cognitive psychologist with primary research interests in two overlapping areas: (1) animal cognition, and (2) cognitive development. The underlying goal of her work is to examine cognitive continuities and discontinuities between humans and both closely and distantly related species. Her current work centers on social cognition, such as theory of mind, prosociality, and reasoning about emotions, as well as physical cognition, such as causal reasoning, analogical reasoning, numerosity, and natural concept formation. More recent work is focused on examining the effects of religiosity, attachment, and perspective-taking on human decision-making processes.

Animal Behavior Anthropology Evolutionary Studies

Editing Sections

Zoological Science

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Oakland University

Work details

Professor

Oakland University
Psychology

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • Laboratory of Cognitive Origins
  • Oakland University Homepage

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 69
  • Reviewed 1
July 10, 2020
In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Molly McGuire, Jennifer M. Vonk
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9525 PubMed 32728496
September 10, 2013
Matching based on biological categories in Orangutans (Pongo abelii) and a Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Jennifer Vonk
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.158 PubMed 24058886
February 27, 2016 - Version: 1
Has human culture "shaped" the shape bias: Comparisons with other apes
Jennifer M Vonk
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1788v1

Academic Editor on

May 2, 2022
Scavenging vs hunting affects behavioral traits of an opportunistic carnivore
Mitchell A. Parsons, Andrew Garcia, Julie K. Young
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13366 PubMed 35529483
April 19, 2022
Unconscious priming shares a common resource pool with the manipulation subsystem
Xuechen Mao, Anmin Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13312 PubMed 35462759
March 29, 2022
Responsiveness of domesticated goats towards various stressors following long-term cognitive test exposure
Katrina Rosenberger, Michael Simmler, Jan Langbein, Christian Nawroth, Nina Keil
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12893 PubMed 35368331
March 23, 2022
Multilingual validation of the short form of the Unesp-Botucatu Feline Pain Scale (UFEPS-SF)
Stelio P.L. Luna, Pedro H.E. Trindade, Beatriz P. Monteiro, Nadia Crosignani, Giorgia della Rocca, Helene L.M. Ruel, Kazuto Yamashita, Peter Kronen, Chia Te Tseng, Lívia Teixeira, Paulo V. Steagall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13134 PubMed 35345592
February 15, 2022
Dogs and wolves differ in their response allocation to their owner/caregiver or food in a concurrent choice procedure
Lindsay Isernia, Clive D.L. Wynne, Leanna House, Erica N. Feuerbacher
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12834 PubMed 35186459
January 19, 2022
High fitness areas drive the aggregation of the sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus
Yushi Yu, Jiangnan Sun, Yaqing Chang, Chong Zhao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12820 PubMed 35111413
November 12, 2021
Exploring women’s oxytocin responses to interactions with their pet cats
Elizabeth A. Johnson, Arianna Portillo, Nikki E. Bennett, Peter B. Gray
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12393 PubMed 34824911
October 20, 2021
Sexual and psychological health of couples with azoospermia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Meng Dong, Yanqiang Tao, Shanshan Wu, Zhengtao Li, Xiaobin Wang, Jichun Tan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12162 PubMed 34721957
September 28, 2021
The light’s in my eyes: optical modeling demonstrates wind is more important than sea surface-reflected sunlight for foraging herons
Holly K.M. Brown, Margaret Rubega, Heidi M. Dierssen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12006 PubMed 34692240
September 22, 2021
Chimpanzee facial gestures and the implications for the evolution of language
Brittany Florkiewicz, Matthew Campbell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12237
August 27, 2021
Stereotyped whistles in southern resident killer whales
Marie Souhaut, Monika W. Shields
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12085 PubMed 34532160
July 30, 2021
Developmental instability in wild Nigerian olive baboons (Papio anubis)
Kara C. Hoover, Emily Gelipter, Volker Sommer, Kris Kovarovic
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11832 PubMed 34395079
April 16, 2021
Relationship between emotional intelligence and empathy towards humans and animals
Raquel Gómez-Leal, Ana Costa, Alberto Megías-Robles, Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, Luísa Faria
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11274 PubMed 33959424
April 6, 2021
Mesocarnivore landscape use along a gradient of urban, rural, and forest cover
Jordan T. Rodriguez, Damon B. Lesmeister, Taal Levi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11083 PubMed 33868809
March 30, 2021
Aggressiveness-related behavioural types in the pearly razorfish
Martina Martorell-Barceló, Júlia Mulet, Javier Sanllehi, Marco Signaroli, Arancha Lana, Margarida Barcelo-Serra, Eneko Aspillaga, Josep Alós
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10731 PubMed 33850638
November 30, 2020
Effects of food type and abundance on begging and sharing in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)
Madison Bowden-Parry, Erik Postma, Neeltje J. Boogert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10369 PubMed 33335807
September 28, 2020
Differing physiological and behavioral responses to anthropogenic factors between resident and non-resident African elephants at Mpala Ranch, Laikipia County, Kenya
Sandy Oduor, Janine Brown, Geoffrey M. Macharia, Nicole Boisseau, Suzan Murray, Paul Obade
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10010 PubMed 33062433
September 25, 2020
Exploring the role of individual learning in animal tool-use
Elisa Bandini, Claudio Tennie
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9877 PubMed 33033659
September 24, 2020
Forest before the trees in the aquatic world: global and local processing in teleost fishes
Maria Santacà, Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini, Marco Dadda, Christian Agrillo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9871 PubMed 33024626
August 28, 2020
Investigating self-recognition in bonobos: mirror exposure reduces looking time to self but not unfamiliar conspecifics
Gladez Shorland, Emilie Genty, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Klaus Zuberbühler
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9685 PubMed 32923178
May 19, 2020
The ability of oriental magpies (Pica serica) to solve baited multiple-string problems
Lin Wang, Jinxin Guo, Heng jiu Tian, Jinling Sui
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9200 PubMed 32477837
May 12, 2020
EEG based assessment of stress in horses: a pilot study
Nora V. de Camp, Mechthild Ladwig-Wiegard, Carola I.E. Geitner, Jürgen Bergeler, Christa Thöne-Reineke
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8629 PubMed 32435527
February 6, 2020
Effects of personality and rearing-history on the welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)
Sitendu Goswami, Praveen C. Tyagi, Pradeep K. Malik, Shwetank J. Pandit, Riyazahmed F. Kadivar, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Samrat Mondol
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8425 PubMed 32071803
January 22, 2020
Social rank overrides environmental and community fluctuations in determining meat access by female chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire
Julia Riedel, Leo Polansky, Roman M. Wittig, Christophe Boesch
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8283 PubMed 32002324
December 18, 2019
First evidence of underwater vocalisations in hunting penguins
Andréa Thiebault, Isabelle Charrier, Thierry Aubin, David B. Green, Pierre A. Pistorius
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8240 PubMed 31976165
November 25, 2019
Familiarity with visual stimuli boosts recency bias in macaques
Nicolas Brunet, Bharathi Jagadeesh
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8105 PubMed 31788361
October 2, 2019
Cooperation in bottlenose dolphins: bidirectional coordination in a rope-pulling task
Chisato Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Kashiwagi, Mika Otsuka, Mai Sakai, Masaki Tomonaga
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7826 PubMed 31592355
September 12, 2019
A stepping stone to compositionality in chimpanzee communication
Linda S. Oña, Wendy Sandler, Katja Liebal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7623 PubMed 31565566
July 31, 2019
TLR2 polymorphism (rs650082970) is associated with somatic cell count in goat milk
Jernej Ogorevc, Mojca Simčič, Minja Zorc, Monika Škrjanc, Peter Dovč
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7340 PubMed 31396440
June 17, 2019
Repeatedly adopting power postures does not affect hormonal correlates of dominance and affiliative behavior
Hannah Metzler, Julie Grèzes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6726 PubMed 31245173
June 7, 2019
The influence of pharmacologically-induced affective states on attention bias in sheep
Jessica E. Monk, Caroline Lee, Sue Belson, Ian G. Colditz, Dana L.M. Campbell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7033 PubMed 31211015
April 18, 2019
Evaluation of the extent of damage to the esophageal wall caused by press-through package ingestion
Takuya Tamura, Hajime Okamoto, Toyoaki Suzuki, Yoichi Nakanishi, Daisuke Sugiyama
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6763 PubMed 31024769
March 11, 2019
Numerical ability and improvement through interindividual cooperation varied between two cyprinid fish species, qingbo and crucian carp
Wei Xiong, Lian-Chun Yi, Zhong-Hua Tang, Shi-Jian Fu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6619 PubMed 30881770
January 25, 2019
The dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the consequences of demographic variation for female mandrills
André S. Pereira, Inês D. Rebelo, Catarina Casanova, Phyllis C. Lee, Vasilis Louca
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6332 PubMed 30701140
January 8, 2019
Hardly habitual: chimpanzees and gorillas show flexibility in their motor responses when presented with a causally-clear task
Sarah L. Jacobson, Lydia M. Hopper
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6195 PubMed 30643700
December 4, 2018
Mesquite bugs, other insects, and a bat in the diet of pallid bats in southeastern Arizona
Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Katrina L. Menard, William D. Peachey
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6065 PubMed 30533321
November 27, 2018
Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans
Akshay Rao, Lara Bernasconi, Martina Lazzaroni, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Friederike Range
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5944 PubMed 30515358
November 6, 2018
Sociality genes are associated with human-directed social behaviour in golden and Labrador retriever dogs
Mia E. Persson, Ann-Sofie Sundman, Lise-Lotte Halldén, Agaia J. Trottier, Per Jensen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5889 PubMed 30416887
September 19, 2018
Function matters: a review of terminological differences in applied and basic clicker training research
Nicole R. Dorey, David J. Cox
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5621 PubMed 30258718
August 7, 2018
Are some individuals generally more behaviorally plastic than others? An experiment with sailfin mollies
Julie Gibelli, Nadia Aubin-Horth, Frédérique Dubois
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5454 PubMed 30123722
July 31, 2018
Conflict resolution in socially housed Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Kathrin S. Kopp, Katja Liebal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5303 PubMed 30083451
March 14, 2018
Difficulties when using video playback to investigate social cognition in California scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica)
Katharina F. Brecht, Ljerka Ostojić, Edward W. Legg, Nicola S. Clayton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4451 PubMed 29576946
March 8, 2018
Curious creatures: a multi-taxa investigation of responses to novelty in a zoo environment
Belinda A. Hall, Vicky Melfi, Alicia Burns, David M. McGill, Rebecca E. Doyle
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4454 PubMed 29568703
February 19, 2018
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) display limited behavioural flexibility when faced with a changing foraging task requiring tool use
Rachel A. Harrison, Andrew Whiten
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4366 PubMed 29479495
September 18, 2017
Can squirrel monkeys learn an ABnA grammar? A re-evaluation of Ravignani et al. (2013)
Stefano Ghirlanda
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3806 PubMed 28948102
August 3, 2017
Studying primate cognition in a social setting to improve validity and welfare: a literature review highlighting successful approaches
Katherine A. Cronin, Sarah L. Jacobson, Kristin E. Bonnie, Lydia M. Hopper
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3649 PubMed 28791199
July 17, 2017
Young children do not require perceptual-motor feedback to solve Aesop’s Fable tasks
Rachael Miller, Sarah A. Jelbert, Elsa Loissel, Alex H. Taylor, Nicola S. Clayton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3484 PubMed 28729951
June 12, 2017
African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics
Christian Nawroth, Egle Trincas, Livio Favaro
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3459 PubMed 28626619
June 1, 2017
Experience-based human perception of facial expressions in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
Laëtitia Maréchal, Xandria Levy, Kerstin Meints, Bonaventura Majolo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3413 PubMed 28584731
May 9, 2017
Social relationships enhance the time spent eating and intake of a novel diet in pregnant Hanwoo (Bos taurus coreanae) heifers
Dong-Han Shin, Hyun-Min Kang, Seongwon Seo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3329 PubMed 28503383
April 26, 2017
The importance of scale-dependent ravine characteristics on breeding-site selection by the Burrowing Parrot, Cyanoliseus patagonus
Myriam Ramirez-Herranz, Rodrigo S. Rios, Renzo Vargas-Rodriguez, Jose-Enrique Novoa-Jerez, Francisco A. Squeo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3182 PubMed 28462019
December 1, 2016
Eurasian jays do not copy the choices of conspecifics, but they do show evidence of stimulus enhancement
Rachael Miller, Corina J. Logan, Katherine Lister, Nicola S. Clayton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2746 PubMed 27920957
October 19, 2016
Spotted hyaena space use in relation to human infrastructure inside a protected area
Lydia E. Belton, Elissa Z. Cameron, Fredrik Dalerum
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2596 PubMed 27781175
October 13, 2016
Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming
Luigi Baciadonna, Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2485 PubMed 27761311
August 16, 2016
Experimental exposure to urban and pink noise affects brain development and song learning in zebra finches (Taenopygia guttata)
Dominique A. Potvin, Michael T. Curcio, John P. Swaddle, Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2287 PubMed 27602270
August 4, 2016
Familiar face + novel face = familiar face? Representational bias in the perception of morphed faces in chimpanzees
Yoshi-Taka Matsuda, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, Satoshi Hirata
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2304 PubMed 27602275
July 13, 2016
Characterizing abnormal behavior in a large population of zoo-housed chimpanzees: prevalence and potential influencing factors
Sarah L. Jacobson, Stephen R. Ross, Mollie A. Bloomsmith
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2225 PubMed 27478710
July 12, 2016
Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other behaviors
Corina J. Logan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2215 PubMed 27478705
May 3, 2016
Behavioral flexibility and problem solving in an invasive bird
Corina J. Logan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1975 PubMed 27168984
February 23, 2016
Western scrub-jays do not appear to attend to functionality in Aesop’s Fable experiments
Corina J. Logan, Brigit D. Harvey, Barney A. Schlinger, Michelle Rensel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1707 PubMed 26925331
January 21, 2016
Bust economics: foragers choose high quality habitats in lean times
Sonny S. Bleicher, Christopher R. Dickman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1609 PubMed 26839751
January 5, 2016
Extra-pair paternity in the long-tailed finch Poephila acuticauda
Erica P. van Rooij, Lee A. Rollins, Clare E. Holleley, Simon C. Griffith
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1550 PubMed 26788429
September 15, 2015
MaqFACS (Macaque Facial Action Coding System) can be used to document facial movements in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
Églantine Julle-Danière, Jérôme Micheletta, Jamie Whitehouse, Marine Joly, Carolin Gass, Anne M. Burrows, Bridget M. Waller
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1248 PubMed 26401458
August 4, 2015
Functional flexibility in wild bonobo vocal behaviour
Zanna Clay, Jahmaira Archbold, Klaus Zuberbühler
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1124 PubMed 26290789
July 16, 2015
Photos provide information on age, but not kinship, of Andean bear
Russell C. Van Horn, Becky Zug, Robyn D. Appleton, Ximena Velez-Liendo, Susanna Paisley, Corrin LaCombe
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1042 PubMed 26213647
May 14, 2015
Individual consistency in the behaviors of newly-settled reef fish
James R. White, Mark G. Meekan, Mark I. McCormick
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.961 PubMed 26020013
March 19, 2015
Orangutans modify facial displays depending on recipient attention
Bridget M. Waller, Cátia C. Caeiro, Marina Davila-Ross
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.827 PubMed 25802802
March 17, 2015
Captive chimpanzee foraging in a social setting: a test of problem solving, flexibility, and spatial discounting
Lydia M. Hopper, Laura M. Kurtycz, Stephen R. Ross, Kristin E. Bonnie
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.833 PubMed 25802805
January 15, 2015
The socio-matrix reloaded: from hierarchy to dominance profile in wild lemurs
Ivan Norscia, Elisabetta Palagi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.729 PubMed 25653908

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September 17, 2013
When given the opportunity, chimpanzees maximize personal gain rather than “level the playing field”
Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro, Sarah F. Brosnan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.165 PubMed 24109550