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Lydia M Hopper
Summary
My passion is primate social cognition, and my research focus is social learning and behavioral economics.
To promote a comparative perspective, I design methods that can be applied to multiple species - both human, and nonhuman, primates - and throughout my career I have been fortunate to work with a number of species.
Through my current role Lincoln Park Zoo, I design and coordinate the behavioral and cognitive research conducted with our chimpanzees and gorillas.
Animal Behavior Anthropology Psychiatry & Psychology Theory & Formal Methods
Work details
Assistant Director
Websites
Articles published in PeerJ
When given the opportunity, chimpanzees maximize personal gain rather than “level the playing field”
Dissecting the mechanisms of squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) social learning
Preprints
Using touchscreens to explore the welfare and cognition of zoo-housed primates
The individual and social drivers of primate innovation
Academic Editor on
Switching spatial scale reveals dominance-dependent social foraging tactics in a wild primate
How to be a great dad: parental care in a flock of greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)