Postdoctoral researcher @DukeU | PhD @UCLA | Primate behavior, communication, social bonds & emotion | Profile pic by @kazfantone for NPR
Portland, OR
Joined October 2014
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My new paper, "Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter” is out! We found that bonobos were more likely to expect rewards after hearing same-species laughter, suggesting that the sound puts them in a good mood. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
ALT A picture of bonobos playing, CC BY-SA 2.0 Eric Kilby
The COMPARE lab at @IndianaUniv is hiring a new full-time lab manager to assist studies with children and dogs, and manage the activities of the lab space on IU Bloomington campus. Please share! hrms.iu.edu/psp/PH1PRD_PUB/E…
I am looking for participants for an eye tracking study in #Baltimore now until Aug 1! Please reach out to [email protected] to sign up. The Social and #Cognitive Origins lab at #JohnsHopkins will also have several other research studies running throughout the summer!
Wrapping up a whirlwind 3 weeks in Scotland at #DISI2024! Feeling inspired by all the stimulating lectures, interdisciplinary collaborations, and new friends ✨
I’m off to Scotland for the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI hosted by my awesome PhD advisor Erica Cartmill! Excited to nerd out about animal minds and AI for the next 3 weeks 🤓 @DivIntelligence
My dissertation, “Evolutionary Perspectives on Play and Laughter,” is #PhDone!!! Feeling very bittersweet about ending my time at @UCLA and very grateful to everyone who helped me along the way! #PhinisheD #PhDchat
Eclipse 2024! We pondered 🤔 we slayed 💅 and we protected those peepers 😎 @rileywoof08 @LuzEnLaSelva
And that’s a wrap! Had a great time at #AABA2024 presenting some of my dissertation research from @ApeInitiative and meeting a stellar bunch of fellow primatology nerds!
Can’t tell if this is Valentine’s Day or April Fools Day 😆 but either way someone decided our paper should grace the front page this morning! @washingtonpost @IsabelleLaumer @RossanoFederico
Why do humans do this bizarre thing called LAUGHTER?? Check out my Ted-Ed video on the science of laughter to find out! -> youtube.com/watch?v=Xu-QfE_1… (reposting this since the og link got deleted!)
I just moved to Baltimore recently and need to know what is up with this BUG apocalypse 😱 I think they are lanternflies? any science nerds on here who can help??
Had a great time this weekend visiting the Gibbon Conservation Center with some fellow UCLA primatologists! We got to hear some awesome songs and chorusing. @GibbonCenter @arekarkunalD @nat_finnegan
