Dr Manon Schweinfurth

Lecturer in Psychology: Origins of Mind

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463460

Email

ms397@st-andrews.ac.uk

Biography

Diploma (MSc equivalent) ? Biology, Johannes-Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany)

PhD ? Behavioural Ecology, University of Bern (Bern, Switzerland)

SNSF research fellow ? Psychology, University of St Andrews (St Andrews, UK)

Research areas

My research focusses on the evolutionary and psychological origins of cooperation. In particular, I am interested in why and how individuals decide to help others instead of being selfish. To investigate these questions, I mostly study chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) besides humans. Most of my studies are based on predictions derived from game theoretical models that I test experimentally in both the lab and field. Please visit my website for more information and ways to join our lab.

PhD supervision

• Sadie Tenpas

Selected publications

• Revisiting the possibility of reciprocal help in non-human primates

  Schweinfurth, M. K. & Call, J., Sep 2019, In : Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 104, p. 73-86 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Review article

• Spontaneous social tool use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

  Schweinfurth, M. K., Detroy, S. E., Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., Call, J. & Haun, D. B. M., 12 Nov 2018, In : Journal of Comparative Psychology. 132, 4, p. 455-463 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Relatedness decreases and reciprocity increases cooperation in Norway rats

  Schweinfurth, M. K. & Taborsky, M., 14 Mar 2018, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1874, 20180035.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Reciprocal trading of different commodities in Norway rats

  Schweinfurth, M. K. & Taborsky, M., 19 Feb 2018, In : Current Biology. 28, 4, p. 594-599 e3.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Experimental evidence for reciprocity in allogrooming among wild-type Norway rats

  Schweinfurth, M. K., Stieger, B. & Taborsky, M., 21 Jun 2017, In : Scientific Reports. 7, 8 p., 4010 .

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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